信仰

Chinese

		letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence	look up
simp. and trad. (信仰)		信	仰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìnyǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³ joeng⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sin-ngióng
• Eastern Min (BUC): séng-ngiōng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sìn-gióng / sìn-giáng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sing³ ngiang²

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵shin-gnan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìnyǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìnyǎng
    • Wade–Giles: hsin⁴-yang³
    • Yale: syìn-yǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinnyeang
    • Palladius: синьян (sinʹjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵¹ jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon³ joeng⁵
    • Yale: seun yéuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen³ joeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên³ yêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³ jœːŋ¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sin-ngióng
    • Hakka Romanization System: xin ngiong`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xin⁴ ngiong³
    • Sinological IPA: /sin⁵⁵ ŋi̯oŋ³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: séng-ngiōng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ŋyoŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn-gióng
    • Tâi-lô: sìn-gióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sien'giorng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin²¹⁻⁵³ ɡiɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡiɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡiɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn-giáng
    • Tâi-lô: sìn-giáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sien'giarng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin²¹⁻⁵³ ɡiaŋ⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sing³ ngiang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sìng ngiáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ŋiaŋ⁵²⁻²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵shin-gnan
    • MiniDict: shin^去 nyan
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xin-'nyan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕin³³ n̠ʲã⁴⁴/

Verb

信仰

1. to believe in an ideology, faith or religion

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 信仰

1. belief; faith

   信仰真空  ―  xìnyǎng zhēnkōng  ―  belief vacuum

   信仰危機／信仰危机  ―  xìnyǎng wēijī  ―  belief crisis

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (信仰):

• → Japanese: 信仰(しんこう) (shinkō)
• → Korean: 신앙(信仰) (sinang)
• → Vietnamese: tín ngưỡng (信仰)

See also

• 宗教 (zōngjiào)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
信	仰
しん Grade: 4	こう Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• Homophones: 親交, 進行, 進攻, 振興, 侵攻, 新港

Noun

信(しん)仰(こう) • (shinkō) 

1. (religious) belief, faith

Related terms

• 宗教(しゅうきょう) (shūkyō): religion

Verb

信(しん)仰(こう)する • (shinkō suru) suru (stem 信(しん)仰(こう)し (shinkō shi), past 信(しん)仰(こう)した (shinkō shita))

1. to have faith in a religion, to profess faith in

Conjugation

Conjugation of "信仰する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	信仰し	しんこうし	shinkō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	信仰し	しんこうし	shinkō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	信仰する	しんこうする	shinkō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	信仰する	しんこうする	shinkō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	信仰すれ	しんこうすれ	shinkō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	信仰せよ¹ 信仰しろ²	しんこうせよ¹ しんこうしろ²	shinkō seyo¹ shinkō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	信仰される	しんこうされる	shinkō sareru
Causative	信仰させる 信仰さす	しんこうさせる しんこうさす	shinkō saseru shinkō sasu
Potential	信仰できる	しんこうできる	shinkō dekiru
Volitional	信仰しよう	しんこうしよう	shinkō shiyō
Negative	信仰しない	しんこうしない	shinkō shinai
Negative continuative	信仰せず	しんこうせず	shinkō sezu
Formal	信仰します	しんこうします	shinkō shimasu
Perfective	信仰した	しんこうした	shinkō shita
Conjunctive	信仰して	しんこうして	shinkō shite
Hypothetical conditional	信仰すれば	しんこうすれば	shinkō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

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Korean

Hanja in this term
信	仰

Noun

信仰 • (sinang) (hangeul 신앙)

1. Hanja form^? of 신앙 (“faith; religious belief”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
信	仰

Noun

信仰

1. Template:han tu form of