# 自信
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zìxìn
    (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^6$ seon$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ-sin
* Jin (Wiktionary): zi$^3$ xing$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chīr-sìn / chū-sìn
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zy-shin
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zìxìn
*** Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zìhsìn
*** Wade–Giles: tzŭ$^4$-hsin$^4$
*** Yale: dz̀-syìn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhshinn
*** Palladius: цзысинь (czysinʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕin⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^6$ seon$^3$
*** Yale: jih seun
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^6$ soen$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^6$ sên$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː²² sɵn³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ-sin
*** Hakka Romanization System: cii xin
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ci$^4$ xin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ sin⁵⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: zi$^3$ xing$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sz̩⁴⁵ ɕiŋ⁴⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-sìn
*** Tâi-lô: tsīr-sìn
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² sin⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-sìn
*** Tâi-lô: tsū-sìn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zuxsixn
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ sin¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ sin²¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ sin²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zy-shin
*** MiniDict: zy$^去$ shin
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$zr-xin
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zz̩²² ɕin⁴⁴/

### Verb

自信
* to have confidence in oneself; to be self-confident
    From: Mozi, c. 4th century BCE, translated based on Y. P. Mei's version
    Jūnzǐ jìn bùbài qí zhì, nèi jiū qí qíng, suī zá yōngmín, zhōng wú yuànxīn, bǐ yǒu zìxìn zhě yě. [Pinyin]
    The superior man carries out his ambitions unfailingly in action and studies the situation when he is at leisure. Even when he is taken as a mediocre individual he feels no dissatisfaction. This is because he has self-confidence.
    From: Han Feizi, circa 2nd century BCE, translated based on W. K. Liao's version
    Hěngāng ér bùhé, bìjiàn ér hàoshèng, bù gù shèjì ér qīng wèi zìxìn zhě, kě wáng yě. [Pinyin]
    If the ruler is stubborn-minded, uncompromising, and apt to dispute every remonstrance and fond of surpassing everybody else, and never thinks of the welfare of the Altar of the Spirits of Land and Grain but sticks to self-confidence without due consideration, then ruin is possible.

### Adjective

自信
* self-confident; confident
    自信豁達／自信豁达 ― zìxìn huòdá ― confident and open-minded
       Tā míngmíng nàme pǔtōng què yòu nàme zìxìn. [Pinyin]
       He's clearly so ordinary, and yet so confident.

### Noun

自信
* self-confidence; confidence
       Zìxìn shì yōudiǎn, dàn bùnéng mángmù zìxìn. [Pinyin]
       Self-confidence is an advantage, but not blind self-confidence.

#### Synonyms

* 信心 (xìnxīn)
* 底氣 / 底气 (dǐqì)
* 把握 (bǎwò)
* 自信心 (zìxìnxīn)
* 譜 / 谱 (pǔ)

### Derived terms

* 四個自信 / 四个自信 (Sì Ge Zìxìn)
* 自信心 (zìxìnxīn)
* 迷之自信 (mízhīzìxìn)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 自 | 信 |
| じ Grade: 2 | しん Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) じしん [jìshíń] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [d͡ʑiɕĩɴ]

### Noun

自(じ)信(しん) • (jishin)
* self-confidence
    自信(じしん)のない人(ひと)
       jishin no nai hito
       a person who lacks self-confidence

#### Derived terms

* 自信喪失
* 自信家
* 自信満満, 自信満々
* 自信過剰

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 自 | 信 |

### Noun

自信 • (jasin) (hangeul 자신)
* hanja form of 자신 (“self-confidence”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 自 | 信 |

### Noun

自信
* chữ Hán form of tự tin (“self-confident, self-confidence”).