信念

Chinese

		letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence	to miss; to think of; to read to miss; to think of; to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; idea; remembrance; twenty
trad. (信念)		信	念
simp. #(信念)		信	念

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìnniàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³ nim⁶

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sìn-liām

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sêng³ niam⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵shin-gni

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìnniàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìnniàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsin⁴-nien⁴
    • Yale: syìn-nyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinnniann
    • Palladius: синьнянь (sinʹnjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ ni̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon³ nim⁶
    • Yale: seun nihm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen³ nim⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên³ nim⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³ niːm²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn-liām
    • Tâi-lô: sìn-liām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sienliam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin²¹⁻⁵³ liam²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin²¹⁻⁵³ liam²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin¹¹⁻⁵³ liam³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²¹⁻⁴¹ liam³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sêng³ niam⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sèng niăm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /seŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ niam³⁵/

Note: Jieyang.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵shin-gni
    • MiniDict: shin^去 nyi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xin-nyi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕin³³ n̠ʲi⁴⁴/

Noun

信念

1. conviction; faith; belief

Synonyms

• 信仰 (xìnyǎng)
• 信心 (xìnxīn)
• 理念 (lǐniàn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (信念):

• → Japanese: 信念(しんねん) (shinnen)
• → Korean: 신념(信念) (sinnyeom)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
信	念
しん Grade: 4	ねん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) し​んねん [shíꜜǹnèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩnːẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

信(しん)念(ねん) • (shinnen) 

1. belief, faith, conviction
   • 1912, 夏目漱石, 彼岸過迄:

     ただ自分(じぶん)は自分(じぶん)であるという信念(しんねん)を持(も)っている。

     Tada jibun wa jibun de aru to iu shinnen o motte iru.

     My sole conviction is that I am who I am.

   • 1924, 宮本百合子, 伸子:

     伸子(のぶこ)の心(こころ)は、もう何(なん)でも、彼(かれ)と一緒(いっしょ)だという信念(しんねん)で勇気(ゆうき)に満(み)ちた。

     Nobuko no kokoro wa, mō nan de mo, kare to issho da to iu shinnen de yūki ni michita.

     Nobuko had faith in her heart that she would be with him no matter what, and that filled her with bravery.

Synonyms

• 信条(しんじょう) (shinjō)

Korean

Hanja in this term
信	念

Noun

信念 • (sinnyeom) (hangeul 신념)

1. Hanja form^? of 신념 (“belief”).