威信

Chinese

		power; might; prestige	letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence
trad. (威信)		威	信
simp. ^#(威信)		威	信

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wēixìn

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟㄒㄧㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai¹ seon³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ui-sìn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wēixìn
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟㄒㄧㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: weisìn
  - Wade–Giles: wei¹-hsin⁴
  - Yale: wēi-syìn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueishinn
  - Palladius: вэйсинь (vɛjsinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕin⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai¹ seon³
  - Yale: wāi seun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai¹ soen³
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei¹ sên³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵ sɵn³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ui-sìn
  - Tâi-lô: ui-sìn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uisixn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ui⁴⁴⁻²² sin²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ui³³ sin⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui⁴⁴⁻²² sin²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ui⁴⁴⁻³³ sin¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui⁴⁴⁻³³ sin²¹/

Noun

威信

prestige; popular trust

Synonyms

信譽 / 信誉 (xìnyù) (trustworthiness and reputation)
名望 (míngwàng)
名氣 / 名气 (míngqì)
名聲 / 名声 (míngshēng)
名色 (míngsè) (literary or Xiamen Hokkien)
名譽 / 名誉 (míngyù)
名頭 / 名头 (mian⁵ tao⁵) (Teochew, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
威望 (wēiwàng)
字號 / 字号 (dialectal)
榮譽 / 荣誉 (róngyù) (honorable reputation)
權威 / 权威 (quánwēi)
牌匾 (páibiǎn) (figurative)
盛名 (shèngmíng)
美名 (měimíng) (good name)
美譽 / 美誉 (měiyù) (good name)
羽毛 (yǔmáo) (literary, figurative)
聲名 / 声名 (shēngmíng)
聲望 / 声望 (shēngwàng)
聲譽 / 声誉 (shēngyù)
英名 (yīngmíng) (illustrious name)
高名 (gāomíng) (literary)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (威信):

→ Japanese: 威信(いしん) (ishin)
→ Korean: 위신(威信) (wisin)
→ Vietnamese: uy tín (威信)

Proper noun

威信

(～縣) Weixin (a county of Zhaotong, Yunnan, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
威	信
い Grade: S	しん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

威(い)信(しん) • (ishin)

dignity, prestige