半信半疑

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence	half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	to doubt; to misbelieve; to suspect
trad. (半信半疑)		半	信	半	疑
simp. ^#(半信半疑)		半	信	半	疑

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bànxìn-bànyí

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ seon³ bun³ ji⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): poàn-sìn-poàn-gî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bànxìn-bànyí
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bànsìnbànyí
  - Wade–Giles: pan⁴-hsin⁴-pan⁴-i²
  - Yale: bàn-syìn-bàn-yí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannshinnbannyi
  - Palladius: баньсиньбаньи (banʹsinʹbanʹi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹ i³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun³ seon³ bun³ ji⁴
  - Yale: bun seun bun yìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ soen³ bun³ ji⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun³ sên³ bun³ yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ sɵn³³ puːn³³ jiː²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poàn-sìn-poàn-gî
  - Tâi-lô: puàn-sìn-puàn-gî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poarnsienpoarn'gii
  - IPA (Taipei): /puan¹¹⁻⁵³ sin¹¹⁻⁵³ puan¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡi²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /puan²¹⁻⁴¹ sin²¹⁻⁴¹ puan²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡi²³/

Idiom

半信半疑

half-believing, half-doubting; not quite convinced

Synonyms

將信將疑／将信将疑 (jiāngxìn-jiāngyí)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (半信半疑):

→ Japanese: 半(はん)信(しん)半(はん)疑(ぎ) (hanshinhangi)
→ Korean: 반신반의(半信半疑) (bansinbanui)
→ Vietnamese: bán tín bán nghi (半信半疑)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
半	信	半	疑
はん Grade: 2	しん Grade: 4	はん Grade: 2	ぎ Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はんしんはんぎ [hàńshíńháꜜǹgì] (Nakadaka – [5])^[1]
IPA^(key): [hã̠ɰ̃ɕĩɰ̃hã̠ŋʲɡʲi]

Noun

半(はん)信(しん)半(はん)疑(ぎ) • (hanshin hangi)

half in doubt

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
半	信	半	疑

Noun

半信半疑 • (bansinbanui) (hangeul 반신반의)

hanja form^? of 반신반의 (“half in doubt”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
半	信	半	疑

Adjective

半信半疑

chữ Hán form of bán tín bán nghi (“doubtful; dubious; undecided”)