迷信

Chinese

		bewilder; crazy about; fan bewilder; crazy about; fan; enthusiast; lost; confused	letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence
trad. (迷信)		迷	信
simp. ^#(迷信)		迷	信

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): míxìn
(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mai⁴ seon³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mì-sin
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): bê-sìn
(Teochew, Peng'im): mi⁵ sing³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: míxìn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mísìn
  - Wade–Giles: mi²-hsin⁴
  - Yale: mí-syìn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mishinn
  - Palladius: мисинь (misinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵ ɕin⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mai⁴ seon³
  - Yale: màih seun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁴ soen³
  - Guangdong Romanization: mei⁴ sên³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯²¹ sɵn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mì-sin
  - Hakka Romanization System: miˇ xin
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mi² xin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /mi¹¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bê-sìn
  - Tâi-lô: bê-sìn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: besixn
  - IPA (Singapore): /be²⁴⁻²¹ ɕin²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /be²⁴⁻²² ɕin²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /be²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕin¹¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /be¹³⁻²² ɕin²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /be²³⁻³³ ɕin²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /be²⁴⁻²² ɕin⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mi⁵ sing³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mî sìng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ siŋ²¹³/

Verb

迷信

(transitive, intransitive) to be superstitious; to hold superstitious beliefs
迷信鬼神 ― míxìn guǐshén ― to be superstitious about ghosts and spirits
他好迷信哦！ ― Tā hǎo míxìn ò! ― He is quite superstitious!
(transitive, intransitive) to have blind faith (in); to believe blindly

Synonyms

(to have blind faith): 盲信 (mángxìn)

Noun

迷信

superstition; superstitious belief
破除迷信，崇尚科學。 [MSC, trad.]
破除迷信，崇尚科学。 [MSC, simp.]
Pòchú míxìn, chóngshàng kēxué. [Pinyin]
Do away with superstitions and promote science.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (迷信):

→ Japanese: 迷信(めいしん) (meishin)
→ Korean: 미신(迷信) (misin)
→ Vietnamese: mê tín (迷信)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
迷	信
めい Grade: 5	しん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めーしん [mèéshíń] (Heiban – [0])
(Tokyo) めーしん [mèéshíꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [me̞ːɕĩɴ]

Noun

迷(めい)信(しん) • (meishin)

superstition
迷(めい)信(しん)を信(しん)じる。
Meishin o shinjiru.
She is superstitious.
- 1988 July 30 [Jul 25 1985], Fujiko F. Fujio, “絶(ぜつ)滅(めつ)の島(しま) [Island of Extinction]”, in 宇宙船製造法 [How to Build a Spaceship] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 3), volume 3 (fiction), 6th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 104:
  すんません。ケナシザルの黒(くろ)焼(や)きは、円(えん)形(けい)脱(だつ)毛(もう)症(しょう)に効(き)くと聞きまして………。
  Sunmasen. Kenashizaru no kuroyaki wa, enkei datsumōshō ni kiku to kikimashite……….
  Sorry. It’s just that I heard the charred med made of these hairless apes would help cure spot baldness……….
  それは、ただの迷(めい)信(しん)だ。
  Sore wa, tada no meishin da.
  That’s just a common misconception.
- 2005 August 9, Sorachi, Hideaki, “第(だい)六十四訓(くん)　キャラクターはシルエットだけで読(どく)者(しゃ)に見(み)分(わ)けがつくように描(か)き分(わ)けよう [Lesson 64: Characters Should Be Drawn So That Readers Can Make Them Out with just the Silhouettes]”, in 銀(ぎん)魂(たま) [Silver Soul], volume 8 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
  どっかでミミズに小(しょう)便(べん)でも　ひっかけてきたんじゃないかィ？腫(は)れるっていうよね
  Dokka de mimizu ni shōben demo hikkaketekitan ja nai ki? Harerutte iu yo ne
  Did you piss on a worm somewhere? You said swollen right?
  何(なに)言(い)っちゃってんの　迷(めい)信(しん)だろそんな…
  Nani itchatten no Meishin daro sonna…
  What you talkin’ about? That’s just a superstition…

Derived terms

迷(めい)信(しん)的(てき) (meishinteki)

Korean

Hanja in this term
迷	信

Noun

迷信 • (misin) (hangeul 미신)

Hanja form^? of 미신 (“superstition”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
迷	信

Verb

迷信

chữ Hán form of mê tín (“to be superstitious”).