自信 meaning in English

zìxìn

to have confidence in oneself; self-confidence

HSK 4verb15 strokes

Meaning of 自信

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zìxìn

to have confidence in oneself
self-confidence

How to use 自信

自信 works as a noun (self-confidence), as an adjective-like word after 很 (hěn), and in 有自信 (yǒu zìxìn, to have confidence). Example: 她说话很自信。(Tā shuōhuà hěn zìxìn.) She speaks very confidently.

自 (zì) means self, and 信 (xìn) means to believe or trust, the same 信 as in 相信 (xiāngxìn). Put them together and you get believing in yourself: 自信 (zìxìn), self-confidence.

Common mistake: Learners often say 我自信你 to mean "I trust you," but 自信 only means confidence in oneself. For trusting someone else, use 相信 (xiāngxìn): 我相信你。

自信 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

别bié过guò于yú自zì信xìn了le。

Let's not get over-confident.

你nǐ必bì须xū得de自zì信xìn。

You have to have confidence.

我wǒ现xiàn在zài自zì信xìn感gǎn满mǎn满mǎn。

I'm feeling really confident now.

哪nǎ来lái那nà么me大dà的de自zì信xìn啊a？

Where does all that confidence come from?

我wǒ相xiāng当dāng有yǒu自zì信xìn我wǒ能néng做zuò到dào这zhè一yì点diǎn。

I'm fairly confident I can do that.

Stroke order for each character

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自 zì · self · 6 strokes

信 xìn · letter · 9 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 自信.

自己	zìjǐ	oneself; (attributive) one's own
相信	xiāngxìn	to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
自由	zìyóu	freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted
来自	láizì	to come from (a place); From: (in email header)
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
自行车	zìxíngchē	bicycle; bike
大自然	dàzìrán	nature (the natural world)
信任	xìnrèn	to trust; to have confidence in

Questions about 自信

What does 自信 mean?

自信 (zìxìn) means "to have confidence in oneself; self-confidence" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 自信?

自信 is made of 2 characters: 自 (6 strokes), 信 (9 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

Is 自信 an HSK word?

Yes. 自信 is on the HSK 4 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

What is the difference between 自信 and 信心?

自信 is specifically confidence in yourself. 信心 (xìnxīn) is confidence in general and can be about anything, as in 对未来有信心 (to be confident about the future).

How do I say someone lacks confidence or is overconfident?

Say 不自信 (bú zìxìn) or 没有自信 (méiyǒu zìxìn) for lacking confidence. For overconfidence, say 太自信了 (tài zìxìn le) or 过于自信 (guòyú zìxìn).