信仰

Chinese

letter; true; to believe
letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence
 
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simp. and trad.
(信仰) 		信 仰

Pronunciation

Note: sêng3 ngiang2 - Jieyang.
  • Wu
    • (Northern: Shanghai)
      • Wugniu: 5shin-gnian
      • MiniDict: shin去 nyan
      • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 2xin-nyian
      • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕin³³ n̠ʲiã⁴⁴/

Verb

信仰

  1. to believe in (an ideology, faith or religion); to have faith in
    信仰宗教  ―  xìnyǎng zōngjiào  ―  to have religious faith
    異地戀能給我們帶來多少的歡樂，以至於我們是那麼的信仰。 [MSC, trad.]
    异地恋能给我们带来多少的欢乐，以至于我们是那么的信仰。 [MSC, simp.]
    Yìdìliàn néng gěi wǒmen dàilái duōshǎo de huānlè, yǐzhìyú wǒmen shì nàme de xìnyǎng. [Pinyin]
    Long-distance love bring us so much joy, so much so that we put real faith in it.

Synonyms

Noun

信仰

  1. belief; faith
    信仰真空  ―  xìnyǎng zhēnkōng  ―  belief vacuum
    信仰危機／信仰危机  ―  xìnyǎng wēijī  ―  belief crisis

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (信仰):
  • → Japanese: 信仰(しんこう) (shinkō)
  • → Korean: 신앙(信仰) (sinang)
  • → Vietnamese: tín ngưỡng (信仰)

See also

References

Japanese

Kanji in this term
信 仰
しん
Grade: 4 		こう
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しんこー [shìńkóó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ɕĩŋko̞ː]

Noun

信(しん)仰(こう) • (shinkō) 

  1. (religious) belief, faith

Verb

信(しん)仰(こう)する • (shinkō suru) suru (stem 信(しん)仰(こう)し (shinkō shi), past 信(しん)仰(こう)した (shinkō shita))

  1. to have faith in a religion, to profess faith in

Conjugation

Conjugation of "信仰する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 信仰し しんこうし shinkō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 信仰し しんこうし shinkō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 信仰する しんこうする shinkō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 信仰する しんこうする shinkō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 信仰すれ しんこうすれ shinkō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 信仰せよ¹
信仰しろ² 		しんこうせよ¹
しんこうしろ² 		shinkō seyo¹
shinkō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 信仰される しんこうされる shinkō sareru
Causative 信仰させる
信仰さす 		しんこうさせる
しんこうさす 		shinkō saseru
shinkō sasu
Potential 信仰できる しんこうできる shinkō dekiru
Volitional 信仰しよう しんこうしよう shinkō shiyō
Negative 信仰しない しんこうしない shinkō shinai
Negative continuative 信仰せず しんこうせず shinkō sezu
Formal 信仰します しんこうします shinkō shimasu
Perfective 信仰した しんこうした shinkō shita
Conjunctive 信仰して しんこうして shinkō shite
Hypothetical conditional 信仰すれば しんこうすれば shinkō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
信仰

Noun

信仰 • (sinang) (hangeul 신앙)

  1. hanja form? of 신앙 (“faith; religious belief”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
信仰

Noun

信仰

  1. chữ Hán form of tín ngưỡng (“traditional belief”)
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