半信半疑

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence	half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	to doubt; to misbelieve; to suspect
trad. (半信半疑)		半	信	半	疑
simp. #(半信半疑)		半	信	半	疑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bànxìn-bànyí

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ seon³ bun³ ji⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): poàn-sìn-poàn-gî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bànxìn-bànyí
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bànsìnbànyí
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴-hsin⁴-pan⁴-i²
    • Yale: bàn-syìn-bàn-yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannshinnbannyi
    • Palladius: баньсиньбаньи (banʹsinʹbanʹi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹ i³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun³ seon³ bun³ ji⁴
    • Yale: bun seun bun yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ soen³ bun³ ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³ sên³ bun³ yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ sɵn³³ puːn³³ jiː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poàn-sìn-poàn-gî
    • Tâi-lô: puàn-sìn-puàn-gî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poarnsienpoarn'gii
    • IPA (Taipei): /puan¹¹⁻⁵³ sin¹¹⁻⁵³ puan¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡi²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /puan²¹⁻⁴¹ sin²¹⁻⁴¹ puan²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡi²³/

Idiom

半信半疑

1. half-believing, half-doubting; not quite convinced

Synonyms

• 將信將疑／将信将疑 (jiāngxìn-jiāngyí)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (半信半疑):

• → Japanese: 半(はん)信(しん)半(はん)疑(ぎ) (hanshinhangi)
• → Korean: 반신반의(半信半疑) (bansinbanui)
• → Vietnamese: bán tín bán nghi (半信半疑)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
半	信	半	疑
はん Grade: 2	しん Grade: 4	はん Grade: 2	ぎ Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はんしんはんぎ [hàńshíńháꜜǹgì] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [hã̠ɰ̃ɕĩɰ̃hã̠ŋʲɡʲi]

Noun

半(はん)信(しん)半(はん)疑(ぎ) • (hanshin hangi) 

1. half in doubt

Korean

Hanja in this term
半	信	半	疑

Noun

半信半疑 • (bansinbanui) (hangeul 반신반의)

1. hanja form^? of 반신반의 (“half in doubt”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
半	信	半	疑

Adjective

半信半疑

1. chữ Hán form of bán tín bán nghi (“doubtful; dubious; undecided”).