不信

Chinese

		not; no	letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence
simp. and trad. (不信)		不	信

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùxìn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ seon³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùxìn [Phonetic: búxìn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bushinn
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕin⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: bat¹ seon³
  - Yale: bāt seun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ soen³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ sên³
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ sɵn³³/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    不信
    不遜／不逊

Etymology 1

Verb

不信

to not trust; to not believe
(literary) to not have credit; to be untrustworthy

Derived terms

無徵不信／无征不信
美言不信

言而不信 (yán'érbùxìn)
賞罰不信／赏罚不信

Etymology 2

Translation of Sanskrit अश्रद्ध्य (aśraddhya, “unbelief”) or Pali asaddha (“not believing”). Tibetan equivalent is མ་དད་པ (ma dad pa).

Noun

不信

(Buddhism) unbelief or non-faith; inability of a person to generate tacit belief or confidence in a teacher and the doctrines that is necessary to undertake practice in earnest

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (不信):

→ Japanese: 不 (ふ)信 (しん) (fushin)
→ Korean: 불신 (不信, bulsin)
→ Vietnamese: bất tín (不信)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不	信
ふ Grade: 4	しん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon
- IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝɕĩɴ]

Noun

不信 (hiragana ふしん, rōmaji fushin)

having no confidence in someone or something

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