半信半疑 meaning in English
(idiom) half believing, half doubting; not quite convinced; skeptical
HSK 7-933 strokes
Meaning of 半信半疑
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
bànxìnbànyí
- (idiom) half believing, half doubting; not quite convinced; skeptical
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半 bàn · half · 5 strokes
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信 xìn · letter · 9 strokes
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半 bàn · half · 5 strokes
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疑 yí · to doubt · 14 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 半信半疑.
| 一半 | yībàn | half |
| 半年 | bàn nián | half a year |
| 半天 | bàntiān | half of the day; a long time |
| 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 |
| 半夜 | bànyè | midnight; in the middle of the night |
| 信任 | xìnrèn | to trust; to have confidence in |
| 信封 | xìnfēng | envelope |
Questions about 半信半疑
What does 半信半疑 mean?
半信半疑 (bànxìn-bànyí) means "(idiom) half believing, half doubting; not quite convinced; skeptical".
How do you write 半信半疑?
半信半疑 is made of 4 characters: 半 (5 strokes), 信 (9 strokes), 半 (5 strokes), 疑 (14 strokes). That is 33 strokes in total.
Is 半信半疑 an HSK word?
Yes. 半信半疑 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.