自信

自信

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence
simp. and trad. (自信)		自	信

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìxìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄒㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ seon³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ-sin
• Min Nan (POJ): chīr-sìn / chū-sìn
• Wu (Wiktionary): zr xin (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zìxìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhshinn
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ seon³
    • Yale: jih seun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ soen³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ sên³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² sɵn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ-sin
    • Hakka Romanization System: cii xin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ci⁴ xin⁴
    • IPA: /t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-sìn
    • Tâi-lô: tsīr-sìn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² ɕin⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-sìn
    • Tâi-lô: tsū-sìn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuxsixn
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ ɕin¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ ɕin²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ ɕin²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: zr xin (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /z̻z̩²² ɕɪɲ⁴⁴/

Verb

自信

1. to have confidence in oneself; to be self-confident

Adjective

自信

1. self-confident; confident

   自信豁達 / 自信豁达  ―  zìxìn huòdá  ―  confident and open-minded

Noun

自信

1. self-confidence; confidence

Synonyms

• 信心 (xìnxīn)
• 自信心 (zìxìnxīn)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
自	信
じ Grade: 2	しん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) じしん [jìshíń] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [d͡ʑiɕĩɴ]

Noun

自信 (hiragana じしん, rōmaji jishin)

1. self-confidence

   自 (じ)信 (しん)のない人 (ひと)

   jishin no nai hito

   a person who lacks self-confidence

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 自信喪失
• 自信家

• 自信満満, 自信満々
• 自信過剰

References

• 2000, Jonathan Bunt, Gillian Hall, The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary, First Edition, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
自	信

Noun

自信 • (jasin) (hangeul 자신)

1. Hanja form^? of 자신 (“self-confidence”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
自	信

Noun

自信

1. Hán tự form of tự tin (“self-confident, self-confidence”).