HSK 4 · Objects

信心 xìnxīn “confidence” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 信心 means

  1. confidence
  2. faith
  3. faith (in sb or sth)

Measure word 个 gè · 一个信心 yí ge xìnxīn

How to say 信心

  • 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 first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale心xīn1st tone, high and level

信心 in a sentence

  1. 你对自己没有足够的信心。

    Nǐ duì zìjǐ méiyǒu zúgòu de xìnxīn.

    You don’t have enough confidence in yourself.

    Sentence #14037677 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他很有信心赢这场比赛。

    Tā hěn yǒu xìnxīn yíng zhè chǎng bǐsài.

    He’s confident he’ll win this match.

    Sentence #422988 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我们有信心获胜。

    Wǒmen yǒu xìnxīn huòshèng.

    We’re confident of victory.

    Sentence #1019894 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 信心 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 心 (xīn) drawn as one shape
心xīnheart

心 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidDrawn from a heart. On the left of a character it is written 忄.

How to write 信心

信 9 strokes · 心 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 信心

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信任xìnrèn · to trust信号xìnhào · signal确信quèxìn · to be convinced

Words with 心

担心dānxīn · to worry放心fàngxīn · relax关心guānxīn · concerned about/with小心xiǎoxīn · be careful心里xīnlǐ · in one’s heart心xīn · heart伤心shāngxīn · to grieve粗心cūxīn · careless耐心nàixīn · to be patient开心kāixīn · to feel happy

More words: Everyday Things

橡皮xiàngpí · rubber效果xiàoguǒ · result笑话xiàohua · joke信封xìnfēng · envelope性别xìngbié · gender性格xìnggé · nature压力yālì · pressure牙膏yágāo · toothpaste

FAQs

信心 (xìnxīn) means “confidence” or “faith”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it xìnxīn: xìn with a 4th tone, then xīn with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 信心 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one confidence is 一个信心 (yí ge xìnxīn).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xinxin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 信心 from the suggestions. Typing xinxin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
信心 is an HSK 4 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.