believe; trust; have faith
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Meanings
1 sense · 5 examplesverb
to believe; to think something is true; to trust
neutralCan refer to trusting a person, believing a statement to be true, or having faith in an outcome. Often used with its object directly, or in the structure "相信 + (that) clause". The negation is usually 不相信. In some contexts, it is close to 信任 (trust) or 认为 (think).
Wǒ我
xiāng～
xìn他
tā们
men的
de试
shì验
yàn一
yī定
dìng会
huì成
chéng功
。
I believe their experiment will definitely succeed.
Tā他
shuō说
de的
huà话
，
nǐ你
xiāng相
xìn信
ma吗
？
Do you believe what he said?
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Wǒ我
xiāng相
xìn信
tā他
shì是
gè个
hǎo好
rén人
。
I believe he is a good person.
Bù不
yào要
qīng轻
yì易
xiāng相
xìn信
wǎng网
shàng上
de的
mò陌
shēng生
rén人
。
Don't easily trust strangers online.
Wǒ我
men们
yào要
xiāng相
xìn信
kē科
xué学
。
We must trust in science.