Chinese word dictionary

信用

xìnyòng · trustworthiness; (commerce) credit; (literary) to trust and appoint

Practice word

Word information

Simplified信用

Traditional信用

Pinyinxìnyòng

Part of speech名

HSK 3.05

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

信xìn

to trust, to believe; letter, sign

用yòng

to use, to employ, to apply; use

How to learn 信用

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

不用búyòng

need not

常用chángyòng

in common usage

相信xiāngxìn

to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true

信xìn

letter; mail; CL:封[feng1]; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random

信用卡xìnyòngkǎ

credit card

用yòng

to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore