Chinese word

信赖

Pronunciation

Pinyinxìn lài

Meaning

  • verbtrust

Example

我信赖你。wǒ xìn lài nǐ

I trust you.

Illustration for 信赖 (trust)

More examples

团队成员需要互相信赖。tuán duì chéng yuán xū yào hù xiāng xìn lài

Team members need to trust each other.

Core concept

Seeing a person or thing as dependable enough to entrust with what matters.

Common phrases

  • 信赖别人xìn lài bié rén

    trust others

  • 信赖自己xìn lài zì jǐ

    trust yourself

  • 互相信赖hù xiāng xìn lài

    trust each other

Similar words

信任xìn rèn: Consider a person's ability or character reliable enough to assign them work or responsibility.
相信xiāng xìn: Take another person's words or information to be true.
信用xìn yòng: Consider someone's honesty or ability reliable enough to entrust them with money or a commitment.
依赖yī lài: Look to another person or thing for support when your own strength is not enough.

Definition in Chinese

对人或事抱有信心，愿意依靠或托付重要事情。duì rén huò shì bào yǒu xìn xīn yuàn yì yī kào huò tuō fù zhòng yào shì qíng

Word origin

信赖 (xìnlài, "trust and rely on") joins 信 (xìn, "trust") and 赖 (lài, "depend on") to express confidence that supports real reliance.

Usage tips

  • A useful usage cue is that the word fits people and organizations that provide continuing support, rather than only a single decision about whether information is true.

Other meanings

  • believe inverb
  • rely onverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 可信赖kě xìn làireliableadjective
  • 信赖感xìn lài gǎnsense of trustnoun

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