不信

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Verb

不信

  1. to not trust; to not believe
  2. (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). The Tibetan equivalent is མ་དད་པ (ma dad pa).

Noun

不信

  1. (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: 不信(ふしん) (fushin)
  • Korean: 불신(不信) (bulsin)
  • Vietnamese: bất tín (不信)

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
しん
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝɕĩɴ]

Noun

()(しん) • (fushin) 

  1. having no confidence in someone or something

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

不信

  1. chữ Hán form of bất tín.
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