HSK 6 · Ideas

迷信 míxìn “superstition” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 迷信 means

  1. superstition
  2. to be superstitious
  3. to have a superstitious belief (in sth)

How to say 迷信

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale迷mí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale信xìn4th tone, falling

迷信 in a sentence

  1. 这种荒谬的迷信已不复存在了。

    Zhè zhǒng huāngmiù de míxìn yǐ búfù cúnzài le.

    Such a ridiculous superstition no longer exists.

    Sentence #349714 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 迷信 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 迷 (mí) with each of its parts in a different colour
迷míto bewilder
  • 米rice · mǐSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 米 (mǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with mí.

The character 信 (xìn) with each of its parts in a different colour
信xìnletter
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 言speech · yán

Memory aidA person 亻 and their word 言: to trust, and a letter.

How to write 迷信

迷 9 strokes · 信 9 strokes

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迷信 (míxìn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 迷信 (míxìn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 迷信

Words with 迷

迷路mílù · to lose the way球迷qiúmí · fan (ball sports)昏迷hūnmí · to fall unconscious迷惑míhuò · to confuse迷人mírén · charming着迷zháomí · to be fascinated

Words with 信

信xìn · letter相信xiāngxìn · to believe信用卡xìnyòngkǎ · credit card自信zìxìn · to have confidence in oneself短信duǎnxìn · text message信息xìnxī · information信封xìnfēng · envelope信心xìnxīn · confidence信任xìnrèn · to trust信号xìnhào · signal

More words: Ideas & Concepts

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FAQs

迷信 (míxìn) means “superstition” or “to be superstitious”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it míxìn: mí with a 2nd tone, then xìn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 迷信 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type mixin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 迷信 from the suggestions. Typing mixin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
迷信 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.