迷信

Chinese

		bewilder; crazy about; fan bewilder; crazy about; fan; enthusiast; lost; confused	letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence
trad. (迷信)		迷	信
simp. #(迷信)		迷	信

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míxìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mai⁴ seon³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mì-sin
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bê-sìn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mi⁵ sing³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míxìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mísìn
    • Wade–Giles: mi²-hsin⁴
    • Yale: mí-syìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mishinn
    • Palladius: мисинь (misinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵ ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mai⁴ seon³
    • Yale: màih seun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁴ soen³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mei⁴ sên³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯²¹ sɵn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mì-sin
    • Hakka Romanization System: miˇ xin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mi² xin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /mi¹¹ sin⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bê-sìn
    • Tâi-lô: bê-sìn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: besixn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /be²⁴⁻²² sin²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /be²⁴⁻¹¹ sin¹¹/
    • IPA (Singapore): /be²⁴⁻²¹ sin²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /be²³⁻³³ sin²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /be²⁴⁻²² sin⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /be¹³⁻²² sin²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mi⁵ sing³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mî sìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ siŋ²¹³/

Verb

迷信

1. (transitive, intransitive) to be superstitious; to hold superstitious beliefs

   迷信鬼神  ―  míxìn guǐshén  ―  to be superstitious about ghosts and spirits

   他好迷信哦！  ―  Tā hǎo míxìn ò!  ―  He is quite superstitious!

2. (transitive, intransitive) to have blind faith (in); to believe blindly

Synonyms

• (to have blind faith): 盲信 (mángxìn)

Noun

迷信

1. superstition; superstitious belief

   破除迷信，崇尚科學。 [MSC, trad.]
   破除迷信，崇尚科学。 [MSC, simp.]

   Pòchú míxìn, chóngshàng kēxué. [Pinyin]

   Do away with superstitions and promote science.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (迷信):

• → Japanese: 迷信(めいしん) (meishin)
• → Korean: 미신(迷信) (misin)
• → Vietnamese: mê tín (迷信)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
迷	信
めい Grade: 5	しん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) めーしん [mèéshíń] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) めーしん [mèéshíꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [me̞ːɕĩɴ]

Noun

迷(めい)信(しん) • (meishin) 

1. superstition

   迷(めい)信(しん)を信(しん)じる。

   Meishin o shinjiru.

   She is superstitious.

   • 1988 July 30 [1985 July 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “絶(ぜつ)滅(めつ)の島(しま) [Island of Extinction]”, in 宇宙船製造法 [How to Build a Spaceship] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 3), 6th edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 104:

     すんません。ケナシザルの黒(くろ)焼(や)きは、円(えん)形(けい)脱(だつ)毛(もう)症(しょう)に効(き)くと聞きまして………。

     Sunmasen. Kenashizaru no kuroyaki wa, enkei datsumōshō ni kiku to kikimashite……….

     Sorry. It’s just that I heard the charred med made of these hairless apes would help cure spot baldness……….

     それは、ただの迷(めい)信(しん)だ。

     Sore wa, tada no meishin da.

     That’s just a common misconception.

   • 2005 August 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)六十四訓(くん)　キャラクターはシルエットだけで読(どく)者(しゃ)に見(み)分(わ)けがつくように描(か)き分(わ)けよう [Lesson 64: Characters Should Be Drawn So That Readers Can Make Them Out with just the Silhouettes]”, in 銀(ぎん)魂(たま) [Silver Soul], volume 8 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

     どっかでミミズに小(しょう)便(べん)でも　ひっかけてきたんじゃないかィ？腫(は)れるっていうよね

     Dokka de mimizu ni shōben demo hikkaketekitan ja nai ki? Harerutte iu yo ne

     Did you piss on a worm somewhere? You said swollen right?

     何(なに)言(い)っちゃってんの　迷(めい)信(しん)だろそんな…

     Nani itchatten no Meishin daro sonna…

     What you talkin’ about? That’s just a superstition…

Derived terms

• 迷(めい)信(しん)的(てき) (meishinteki)

Korean

Hanja in this term
迷	信

Noun

迷信 • (misin) (hangeul 미신)

1. hanja form^? of 미신 (“superstition”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
迷	信

Verb

迷信

1. chữ Hán form of mê tín (“to be superstitious”).