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威信

wēi xìn

HSK 6 2-character word

What 威信 means

1. prestige
2. reputation
3. trust
4. credit with the people

Other readings

威信 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Wēi xìnsee {威信县|Wēi xìn Xiàn}

The characters in 威信

• 威wēipower; might; prestige
• 信xìnletter; mail; to trust

Example sentences

• 他的威信日渐衰落。
  His prestige is fading.

Words starting with 威信

• 威信扫地wēi xìn sǎo dìto lose every scrap of reputation
• 威信县Wēi xìn XiànWeixin, a county in Zhaotong City 昭通市

Sounds the same

Read wēi xìn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 微信Weixin or WeChat (mobile text and voice messaging service developed by Tencent 腾讯