信義

See also: 信义

Chinese

		letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence	justice; righteousness; meaning
trad. (信義)		信	義
simp. (信义)		信	义

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìnyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³ ji⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sin-ngi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sìn-gī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìnyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìnyì
    • Wade–Giles: hsin⁴-i⁴
    • Yale: syìn-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinnyih
    • Palladius: синьи (sinʹi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon³ ji⁶
    • Yale: seun yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen³ ji⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên³ yi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³ jiː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sin-ngi
    • Hakka Romanization System: xin ngi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xin⁴ ngi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sin⁵⁵ ŋi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn-gī
    • Tâi-lô: sìn-gī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sien'gi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin²¹⁻⁵³ ɡi²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin²¹⁻⁵³ ɡi²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡi³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡi³³/

Noun

信義

1. good faith; trust and justice

Proper noun

信義

1. (～區) Xinyi (a district of Taipei, Taiwan)
2. (～區) Xinyi (a district of Keelung, Taiwan)
3. (～鄉) Sinyi, Xinyi (a mountain indigenous township in Nantou County, Taiwan)
4. (～鄉) (historical) Xinyi (a township in Linwei district, Weinan, Shaanxi, China, now part of Longbei Town)

Further reading

• (Min Nan) “Entry #53581”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
信	義
しん Grade: 4	ぎ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

信(しん)義(ぎ) • (shingi) 

1. faith

   信(しん)義(ぎ)の神(かみ)オケチラ

   Shingi no Kami Okechira

   Oketra, Goddess of Truth

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
信	義
のぶ Grade: 4	よし Grade: 5

Proper noun

信(のぶ)義(よし) • (Nobuyoshi) 

1. a male given name