半信半疑

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence	half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	to doubt; to misbelieve; to suspect
trad. (半信半疑)		半	信	半	疑
simp. #(半信半疑)		半	信	半	疑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bànxìn bànyí

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ seon³ bun³ ji⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bànxìn bànyí
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bànsìn bànyí
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴-hsin⁴ pan⁴-i²
    • Yale: bàn-syìn bàn-yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannshinn bannyi
    • Palladius: баньсинь баньи (banʹsinʹ banʹi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹ i³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun³ seon³ bun³ ji⁴
    • Yale: bun seun bun yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ soen³ bun³ ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³ sên³ bun³ yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ sɵn³³ puːn³³ jiː²¹/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 半信半疑

1. half-believing, half-doubting; not quite convinced

Synonyms

• 將信將疑／将信将疑 (jiāngxìn-jiāngyí)