(xìn rèn) - trust, confidence in someone in Mandarin
xìnrènTraditional: 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
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I trust you.
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Trust takes time to build.
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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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