HSK 6 · Ideas

信念 xìnniàn “belief” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 信念 means

  1. belief
  2. conviction
  3. faith

How to say 信念

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale信xìn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale念niàn4th tone, falling

信念 in a sentence

  1. 有信念。

    Yǒu xìnniàn.

    Have faith.

    Sentence #13138801 from Tatoeba

  2. 他的行为和他的信念背道而驰。

    Tā de xíngwéi hé tā de xìnniàn bèidào'érchí.

    His actions go against his beliefs.

    Sentence #903778 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 信念 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 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.

The character 念 (niàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
念niànto read
  • 今modern · jīn
  • 心heart · xīn

How to write 信念

信 9 strokes · 念 8 strokes

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

Words related to 信念

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

Words with 念

念niàn · to read aloud观念guānniàn · notion纪念jìniàn · to commemorate想念xiǎngniàn · to miss怀念huáiniàn · to cherish the memory of概念gàiniàn · concept留念liúniàn · to keep as a memento思念sīniàn · to miss悬念xuánniàn · suspense

More words: Ideas & Concepts

线索xiànsuǒ · clue现状xiànzhuàng · current situation系列xìliè · series形态xíngtài · form心血xīnxuè · painstaking effort信仰xìnyǎng · belief修养xiūyǎng · self-cultivation雪上加霜xuěshàngjiāshuāng · one misfortune after another (lit. frost on top of snow)

FAQs

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