堅信

See also: 坚信

Chinese

		strong; solid; firm strong; solid; firm; unyielding; resolute	letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence
trad. (堅信)		堅	信
simp. (坚信)		坚	信

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiānxìn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢㄒㄧㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gin¹ seon³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kian-sìn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiānxìn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢㄒㄧㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiansìn
  - Wade–Giles: chien¹-hsin⁴
  - Yale: jyān-syìn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianshinn
  - Palladius: цзяньсинь (czjanʹsinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕin⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gin¹ seon³
  - Yale: gīn seun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gin¹ soen³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gin¹ sên³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn⁵⁵ sɵn³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kian-sìn
  - Tâi-lô: kian-sìn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiensixn
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sin¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² sin²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sin²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛn³³ sin⁴¹/

Verb

堅信

to firmly believe; to be certain

Synonyms

確信／确信 (quèxìn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
堅	信
けん Grade: S	しん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けんしん [kèńshíń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ɰ̃ɕĩɴ]

Noun

堅(けん)信(しん) • (kenshin) ^{←けんしん (kensin)^?}

(Christian rite of) confirmation

Derived terms

堅(けん)信(しん)礼(れい) (kenshinrei)

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
堅	信

Noun

堅信 • (gyeonsin) (hangeul 견신)

hanja form^? of 견신