威信

Chinese

		power; might; prestige	letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence
trad. (威信)		威	信
simp. #(威信)		威	信

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēixìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai¹ seon³

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ui-sìn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēixìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: weisìn
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹-hsin⁴
    • Yale: wēi-syìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueishinn
    • Palladius: вэйсинь (vɛjsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕin⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai¹ seon³
    • Yale: wāi seun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai¹ soen³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei¹ sên³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵ sɵn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ui-sìn
    • Tâi-lô: ui-sìn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uisixn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui⁴⁴⁻²² sin²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui³³ sin⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui⁴⁴⁻²² sin²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui⁴⁴⁻³³ sin¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui⁴⁴⁻³³ sin²¹/

Noun

威信

1. prestige; popular trust

Synonyms

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• 信譽／信誉 (xìnyù) (trustworthiness and reputation)
• 名望 (míngwàng)
• 名氣／名气 (míngqì)
• 名聲／名声 (míngshēng)
• 名色 (míngsè) (literary or Xiamen Hokkien)
• 名譽／名誉 (míngyù)
• 名頭／名头 (mian⁵ tao⁵) (Teochew, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 威望 (wēiwàng)
• 榮譽／荣誉 (róngyù) (honorable reputation)
• 權威／权威 (quánwēi)
• 牌匾 (páibiǎn) (figurative)
• 盛名 (shèngmíng)
• 美名 (měimíng) (good name)
• 美譽／美誉 (měiyù) (good name)
• 羽毛 (yǔmáo) (literary, figurative)
• 聲名／声名 (shēngmíng)
• 聲望／声望 (shēngwàng)
• 聲譽／声誉 (shēngyù)
• 英名 (yīngmíng) (illustrious name)
• 高名 (gāomíng) (literary)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (威信):

• → Japanese: 威信(いしん) (ishin)
• → Korean: 위신(威信) (wisin)
• → Vietnamese: uy tín (威信)

Proper noun

威信

1. (～縣) Weixin (a county of Zhaotong, Yunnan, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
威	信
い Grade: S	しん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

威(い)信(しん) • (ishin) 

1. dignity, prestige