信得過

See also: 信得过

Chinese

		letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to	to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-
trad. (信得過)		信	得	過
simp. (信得过)		信	得	过
Literally: “worthy of being trusted”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìndéguò

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³ dak¹ gwo³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìndéguò → xìndeguò (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ → ㄒㄧㄣˋ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄍㄨㄛˋ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìnde̊guò
    • Wade–Giles: hsin⁴-tê⁵-kuo⁴
    • Yale: syìn-de-gwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinn.derguoh
    • Palladius: синьдэго (sinʹdɛgo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹/ → /ɕin⁵¹ d̥ə¹ ku̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon³ dak¹ gwo³
    • Yale: seun dāk gwo
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen³ dak⁷ gwo³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên³ deg¹ guo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³ tɐk̚⁵ kʷɔː³³/

Adjective

信得過

1. trustable; trustworthy; reliable

   佢係一個信得過嘅人。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
   佢系一个信得过嘅人。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ hai⁶ jat¹ go³ seon³ dak¹ gwo³ ge³ jan⁴. [Jyutping]

   He is a trustable person.

   你真係會信得過佢咩？ [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
   你真系会信得过佢咩？ [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ zan¹ hai⁶ wui⁵ seon³ dak¹ gwo³ keoi⁵ me¹? [Jyutping]

   You'd really trust him?

Synonyms

• 保準／保准 (bǎozhǔn) (colloquial)
• 值得信賴／值得信赖 (zhídé xìnlài)
• 可信 (kěxìn)
• 靠得住 (kàodezhù)