(xìn rèn) - trust, confidence in someone in Mandarin

xìnrèn

Traditional: 信任

HSK 4

#886 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

trust, confidence in someone

Word origin

A two-character compound meaning trust. 信 (xìn) 'trust' joins 任 (rèn) 'to appoint, to trust, responsibility'. 任 has the 亻 'person' radical with 壬 (rén) as phonetic.

Origin: compound
Root: 信 (xìn, 'trust') + 任 (rèn, 'to entrust'; 亻 person radical + 壬 phonetic)

Stroke order

信

任

Examples

。

I trust you.

。

Trust takes time to build.

。

He won everyone's trust.

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I completely trust my friend.

信任 (xìn rèn) means trust, confidence in someone. It is used as a verb in everyday Mandarin speech.

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This word is part of lesson 18.