HSK 3 · Verbs

相信 xiāngxìn “to believe” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 相信 means

  1. to believe
  2. to trust
  3. to be convinced
  4. to accept as true

How to say 相信

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale相xiāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale信xìn4th tone, falling

相信 in a sentence

  1. 来吧，相信我。

    Lái ba, xiāngxìn wǒ.

    Come on, trust me.

    Sentence #3662926 from Tatoeba

  2. 我无法相信自己的眼睛。

    Wǒ wúfǎ xiāngxìn zìjǐ de yǎnjing.

    I can’t believe my eyes.

    Sentence #332561 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 一切都会好起来的，要相信自己！

    Yíqiè dōu huì hǎo qǐlai de, yào xiāngxìn zìjǐ!

    Everything will be fine – just believe in yourself!

    Sentence #1259919 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 相信 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 相 (xiāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
相xiāngeach other
  • 木tree · mù
  • 目eye · mù

Memory aidAn eye 目 looking at a tree 木: to look at, and so “each other”.

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 相信

相 9 strokes · 信 9 strokes

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

Words related to 相信

Words with 相

照相zhàoxiàng · to take a photo相机xiàngjī · camera照相机zhàoxiàngjī · camera相反xiāngfǎn · opposite相同xiāngtóng · the same互相hùxiāng · each other相处xiāngchǔ · to get along (with someone)相似xiāngsì · similar相当xiāngdāng · equivalent to相对xiāngduì · relatively

Words with 信

信xìn · letter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确信quèxìn · to be convinced

More words: Thinking & Talking

认为rènwéi · believe认真rènzhēn · serious同意tóngyì · agree完成wánchéng · to complete小心xiǎoxīn · be careful需要xūyào · to need选择xuǎnzé · select要求yāoqiú · to request

FAQs

相信 (xiāngxìn) means “to believe” or “to trust”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it xiāngxìn: xiāng with a 1st 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. 相信 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiangxin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 相信 from the suggestions. Typing xiangxin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
相信 is an HSK 3 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.