HSK 5 · Verbs

信任 xìnrèn “to trust” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 信任 means

  1. to trust
  2. to have confidence in

How to say 信任

  • 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任rèn4th tone, falling

信任 in a sentence

  1. 你是我唯一能信任的人。

    Nǐ shì wǒ wéiyī néng xìnrèn de rén.

    You’re the only one I can trust.

    Sentence #6903838 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 真正的友谊建立在彼此信任的基础上。

    Zhēnzhèng de yǒuyì jiànlì zài bǐcǐ xìnrèn de jīchǔ shàng.

    True friendship is based on mutual trust.

    Sentence #2490074 from Tatoeba

  3. 他不值得信任。

    Tā bù zhíde xìnrèn.

    He can’t be trusted.

    Sentence #353510 from Tatoeba

How 信任 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 任 (rèn) with each of its parts in a different colour
任rènto assign
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 壬part of the characterSound part

How to write 信任

信 9 strokes · 任 6 strokes

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

Words related to 信任

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信号xìnhào · signal确信quèxìn · to be convinced

Words with 任

任务rènwu · mission责任zérèn · responsibility任何rènhé · any担任dānrèn · to hold (a post)主任zhǔrèn · director任性rènxìng · wilful任命rènmìng · to appoint上任shàngrèn · to take office任意rènyì · at will任重道远rènzhòngdàoyuǎn · to carry a heavy responsibility (lit. heavy load

More words: Thinking & Talking

委屈wěiqu · to feel wronged问候wènhòu · to give one’s respects想念xiǎngniàn · to miss想象xiǎngxiàng · to imagine欣赏xīnshǎng · to appreciate形容xíngróng · to describe吸取xīqǔ · to absorb叙述xùshù · to relate (a story or information)

FAQs

信任 (xìnrèn) means “to trust” or “to have confidence in”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it xìnrèn: xìn with a 4th tone, then rèn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 信任 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xinren with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 信任 from the suggestions. Typing xinren into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
信任 is an HSK 5 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.