信以為真

Chinese

		letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence	to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	real; true; genuine
trad. (信以為真)		信	以	為	真
simp. (信以为真)		信	以	为	真

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìnyǐwéizhēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄧˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄓㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³ ji⁵ wai⁴ zan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìnyǐwéizhēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄧˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄓㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìnyǐwéijhen
    • Wade–Giles: hsin⁴-i³-wei²-chên¹
    • Yale: syìn-yǐ-wéi-jēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinnyiiweijen
    • Palladius: синьивэйчжэнь (sinʹivɛjčžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon³ ji⁵ wai⁴ zan¹
    • Yale: seun yíh wàih jān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen³ ji⁵ wai⁴ dzan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên³ yi⁵ wei⁴ zen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³ jiː¹³ wɐi̯²¹ t͡sɐn⁵⁵/

Idiom

信以為真

1. to take (something) to be true

   在那種情況下，我對他的話也只有信以為真了。 [MSC, trad.]
   在那种情况下，我对他的话也只有信以为真了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zài nà zhǒng qíngkuàng xià, wǒ duì tā de huà yě zhǐyǒu xìnyǐwèizhēn le. [Pinyin]

   In such a situation, I had no option but to believe what he said.