Chinese word

互信

Pronunciation

Pinyinhù xìn

Meaning

nounmutual trust

Example

在团队里，成员之间要建立互信。zài tuán duì lǐ chéng yuán zhī jiān yào jiàn lì hù xìn

Within a team, members need to build mutual trust.

More examples

此前的一些事件导致双方互信受损。cǐ qián de yì xiē shì jiàn dǎo zhì shuāng fāng hù xìn shòu sǔn

Some previous events damaged mutual trust between the two sides.

Core concept

A two-way link in which each side feels safe relying on the other.

Common phrases

建立互信jiàn lì hù xìn
build mutual trust
恢复互信huī fù hù xìn
restore mutual trust
加深互信jiā shēn hù xìn
deepen mutual trust

Similar words

信任xìn rèn: Trust in a person or organization that makes it possible to entrust duties to them.
信赖xìn lài: Confidence in another person as someone dependable to turn to.
信任感xìn rèn gǎn: The degree of trust that exists between people.

Definition in Chinese

指双方之间存在的相互信任关系，常用作名词。zhǐ shuāng fāng zhī jiān cún zài de xiāng hù xìn rèn guān xì cháng yòng zuò míng cí

Word origin

The compound joins 互 (hù, "mutual") with 信 (xìn, "trust"), making the two-way nature of the relationship clear.

Usage tips

In everyday Chinese, 建立 (jiànlì, "establish") and 增强 (zēngqiáng, "strengthen") commonly pair with this noun, so learning it with these verbs supports natural sentence building.

Opposites

互不信任hù bú xìn rènmutual distrustnoun

Related words

互信纽带hù xìn niǔ dàimutual-trust bondnoun