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信念

xìn niàn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

信念 (xìn niàn) means "faith". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 信念 means

1. faith
2. belief
3. conviction

The characters in 信念

• 信xìnletter; mail; to trust
• 念niànto read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school)

Example sentences

• 有信念。
  Have faith.
• 他的行为和他的信念背道而驰。
  Tā de xíngwéi hé tā de xìnniàn bèidào'érchí.
  His behavior is contrary to his belief.
• 我们应该尽量避免把我们自己的信念强加在别人身上。
  Wǒmen yīnggāi jìnliàng bìmiǎn bǎ wǒmen zìjǐ de xìnniàn qiángjiā zài biéren shēnshang.
  We should try to avoid imposing our own beliefs on others.
• 不要害怕活着。要相信生命是有价值的，你的信念会使之成真。
  Bù yàohài pà huózhe. yào xiāngxìn shēngmìng shì yǒujiàzhí de, nǐ de xìnniàn huì shǐ zhī chéngzhēn.
  Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
• 今天晚上，我想到了她在美国过去一百年间所经历的种种：心痛和希望；斗争和进步；在那里时代，我们被告知我们办不到，一些人继续坚信着美国的信念——是的，我们能做到。
  Jīntiān wǎnshang, wǒ xiǎngdào le tā zài Měiguó guòqù yī bǎinián jiān suǒ jīnglì de zhǒngzhǒng: xīntòng hé xīwàng; dòuzhēng hé jìnbù; zài nàli shídài, wǒmen bèigào zhī wǒmen bànbudào, yīxiē rén jìxù jiānxìn zhe Měiguó de xìnniàn —— shìde, wǒmen néng zuòdào.
  And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America. The heartache and the hope, the struggle and the progress. The times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes, we can.

Where 信念 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · xīn–xìn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xìn niàn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.