信仰

Chinese

		letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence	look up
simp. and trad. (信仰)		信	仰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìnyǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³ joeng⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sin-ngióng
• Min Dong (BUC): séng-ngiōng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): sìn-gióng / sìn-giáng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sing³ ngiang²

• Wu (Wiktionary): xin 'nyan (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xìnyǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄧㄤˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinnyeang
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìnyǎng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵¹ jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon³ joeng⁵
    • Yale: seun yéuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen³ joeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên³ yêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³ jœ̽ːŋ¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sin-ngióng
    • Hakka Romanization System: xin ngiong`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xin⁴ ngiong³
    • Sinological IPA: /ɕin⁵⁵ ɲi̯oŋ³¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: séng-ngiōng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ŋyoŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn-gióng
    • Tâi-lô: sìn-gióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sien'giorng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕin¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡiɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕin²¹⁻⁵³ ɡiɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕin²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡiɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn-giáng
    • Tâi-lô: sìn-giáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sien'giarng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕin²¹⁻⁵³ ɡiaŋ⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sing³ ngiang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sìng ngiáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ŋiaŋ⁵²⁻²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: xin 'nyan (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕɪɲ³³ ʔn̠ʲã⁴⁴/

Verb

信仰

1. to believe in (an ideology, faith or religion); to have faith in

   信仰宗教  ―  xìnyǎng zōngjiào  ―  to have religious faith

   異地戀能給我們帶來多少的歡樂，以至於我們是那麼的信仰。 [MSC, trad.]
   异地恋能给我们带来多少的欢乐，以至于我们是那么的信仰。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yìdìliàn néng gěi wǒmen dàilái duōshǎo de huānlè, yǐzhìyú wǒmen shì nàme de xìnyǎng. [Pinyin]

   Long-distance love bring us so much joy, so much so that we put real faith in it.

Synonyms

• 信 (xìn)

Noun

信仰

1. belief; faith

   信仰真空  ―  xìnyǎng zhēnkōng  ―  belief vacuum

   信仰危機 / 信仰危机  ―  xìnyǎng wēijī  ―  belief crisis

Synonyms

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• 信心 (xìnxīn)
• 信念 (xìnniàn)

• 理念 (lǐniàn)

Derived terms

• 信仰體系／信仰体系 (xìnyǎng tǐxì)
• 崇信 (chóngxìn)

• 巴哈伊信仰 (Bāhāyī Xìnyǎng)
• 民間信仰／民间信仰 (mínjiān xìnyǎng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (信仰):

• → Japanese: 信仰(しんこう) (shinkō)
• → Korean: 신앙 (信仰, sinang)
• → Vietnamese: tín ngưỡng (信仰)

See also

• 宗教 (zōngjiào)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
信	仰
しん Grade: 4	こう Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• Homophones: 親交, 進行, 進攻, 振興, 侵攻, 新港

Noun

信(しん)仰(こう) • (shinkō) 

1. (religious) belief, faith

Related terms

• 宗教(しゅうきょう) (shūkyō): religion

Verb

信(しん)仰(こう)する • (shinkō suru) suru (stem 信(しん)仰(こう)し (shinkō shi), past 信(しん)仰(こう)した (shinkō shita))

1. to have faith in a religion, to profess faith in

Conjugation

Conjugation of "信仰する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	信仰し	しんこうし	shinkō shi
Continuative (連用形)	信仰し	しんこうし	shinkō shi
Terminal (終止形)	信仰する	しんこうする	shinkō suru
Attributive (連体形)	信仰する	しんこうする	shinkō suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	信仰すれ	しんこうすれ	shinkō sure
Imperative (命令形)	信仰せよ¹ 信仰しろ²	しんこうせよ¹ しんこうしろ²	shinkō seyo¹ shinkō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	信仰される	しんこうされる	shinkō sareru
Causative	信仰させる 信仰さす	しんこうさせる しんこうさす	shinkō saseru shinkō sasu
Potential	信仰できる	しんこうできる	shinkō dekiru
Volitional	信仰しよう	しんこうしよう	shinkō shiyō
Negative	信仰しない	しんこうしない	shinkō shinai
Negative continuative	信仰せず	しんこうせず	shinkō sezu
Formal	信仰します	しんこうします	shinkō shimasu
Perfective	信仰した	しんこうした	shinkō shita
Conjunctive	信仰して	しんこうして	shinkō shite
Hypothetical conditional	信仰すれば	しんこうすれば	shinkō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

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Korean

Hanja in this term
信	仰

Noun

信仰 • (sinang) (hangeul 신앙)

1. Hanja form^? of 신앙 (“faith; religious belief”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
信	仰

Noun

信仰

1. Hán tự form of tín ngưỡng (“traditional belief”).