HSK 6 · Verbs

确信 quèxìn “to be convinced” in Chinese

Traditional 確信

What 确信 means

  1. to be convinced
  2. to firmly believe
  3. to be sure
  4. to be positive that
  5. definite news

How to say 确信

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale确què4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale信xìn4th tone, falling

确信 in a sentence

  1. 我确信他明天会来。

    Wǒ quèxìn tā míngtiān huì lái.

    I’m sure he’ll come tomorrow.

    Sentence #10531110 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 你确信这条路是对的吗？

    Nǐ quèxìn zhè tiáo lù shì duì de ma?

    Are you sure this is the right road?

    Sentence #10339533 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我们会找到解决办法的，我确信。

    Wǒmen huì zhǎodào jiějué bànfǎ de, wǒ quèxìn.

    We’ll find a solution, I’m sure.

    Sentence #10045282 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 确信 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 确 (què) with each of its parts in a different colour
确quèauthenticated
  • 石stone · shíMeaning part
  • 角horn · jiǎoSound part

石 hints at the meaning (stone); 角 (jiǎo) hints at the sound. Compare it with què.

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 确信

确 12 strokes · 信 9 strokes

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

Words related to 确信

Words with 确

正确zhèngquè · correct准确zhǔnquè · accurate确实quèshí · indeed明确míngquè · clear确定quèdìng · to confirm确认quèrèn · to confirm的确díquè · really确保quèbǎo · to ensure确立quèlì · to establish精确jīngquè · accurate

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: Thinking & Talking

批判pīpàn · to criticise请教qǐngjiào · to ask for advice倾听qīngtīng · to listen attentively权衡quánhéng · to weigh up区分qūfēn · to distinguish嚷rǎng · to shout让步ràngbù · to concede饶恕ráoshù · to forgive

FAQs

确信 (quèxìn) means “to be convinced” or “to firmly believe”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it quèxìn: què with a 4th 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 确信 is written 確信. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type quexin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 确信 from the suggestions. Typing quexin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
确信 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.