Meaning of 信任
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to trust
- to have confidence in
How to use 信任
信任 is used for trusting people, organizations, or their judgment, and it can be a verb or a noun. It often appears with 得到 (dédào, to gain) or 失去 (shīqù, to lose). Example: 我很信任他。(Wǒ hěn xìnrèn tā.) I trust him a lot.
信 (xìn) shows a person 亻 standing by their words 言, so it means trust or faith. 任 (rèn) means to appoint or let someone carry a task, so 信任 is trusting someone enough to hand them responsibility.
Common mistake: Learners often use 信任 where 相信 (xiāngxìn) is needed. 相信 means to believe something is true, as in 我相信你说的话, while 信任 means to trust a person's character or reliability. Also keep both tones falling: xìn and rèn are both fourth tone.
信任 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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信 xìn · letter · 9 strokes
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任 rèn · to assign · 6 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 信任.
| 相信 | xiāngxìn | to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true |
| 信息 | xìnxī | information; news; message |
| 信号 | xìnhào | signal |
| 信心 | xìnxīn | confidence; faith (in sb or sth) |
| 短信 | duǎnxìn | text message; SMS |
| 信用卡 | xìnyòngkǎ | credit card |
| 任何 | rènhé | any; whatever; whichever |
| 任务 | rènwu | mission; assignment; task; duty; role |
| 责任 | zérèn | responsibility; duty; liability |
| 主任 | zhǔrèn | director; head |
| 信封 | xìnfēng | envelope |
| 通信 | tōngxìn | to correspond (by letter, email etc); to send or receive messages through telecommunicatio |
Questions about 信任
What does 信任 mean?
信任 (xìnrèn) means "to trust; to have confidence in" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 信任?
信任 is made of 2 characters: 信 (9 strokes), 任 (6 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.
Is 信任 an HSK word?
Yes. 信任 is on the HSK 3 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
Can 信任 be used as a noun?
Yes. You can say 赢得信任 (yíngdé xìnrèn, to win trust) or 失去了大家的信任 (lost everyone's trust). In these phrases it works like the English noun trust.
What is the difference between 信任 and 信心?
信任 is trust you place in someone or something else. 信心 (xìnxīn) is confidence, often in yourself or in a result, as in 我对考试有信心 (I am confident about the exam).