相信xiāng xìnto believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
相信 (xiāng xìn) means "to believe," "to be convinced," or "to accept as true." It can take a person or a whole statement as its object, as in 我相信你 (I believe you) and 你相信他会来吗 (do you believe he will come?). This entry covers that one sense.
What does 相信 mean?
- 1.
to believe; to be convinced; to accept as trueverb
What do the characters in 相信 mean?
- 相not compositional here
- 信to believe
How do you use 相信?
See it in 我相信你, 我不相信他 and 你相信他会来吗.
Patterns
相信 + person
我相信你。
Wǒ xiāng xìn nǐ.
I believe you.
相信 + clause
你相信他会来吗?
Nǐ xiāng xìn tā huì lái ma?
Do you believe he will come?
What are some examples of 相信 in a sentence?
How is 相信 used in a conversation?
- Speaker A:
他说他明天会来。
Tā shuō tā míngtiān huì lái.
He says he will come tomorrow.
- Speaker B:
你相信他吗?
Nǐ xiāngxìn tā ma?
Do you believe him?
- Speaker A:
我相信。他是我的好朋友。
Wǒ xiāngxìn. Tā shì wǒ de hǎo péngyou.
I believe him. He is my good friend.
- Speaker B:
好,那我们明天等他。
Hǎo, nà wǒmen míngtiān děng tā.
OK, then we'll wait for him tomorrow.
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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.