半
信
半
疑

Half doubting in Chinese: 半信半疑 (bàn xìn bàn yí)

bàn xìn bàn yí

half doubting

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1half doubting
  2. 2dubious
  3. 3skeptical

Stroke order

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半
信
半
疑

Zhuyin

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ㄅㄢˋ

bàn

ㄅ/ bㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

ㄒㄧㄣˋ

xìn

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄣ/ enˋ/ fourth tone

ㄅㄢˋ

bàn

ㄅ/ bㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

ㄧˊ

yí

ㄧ/ iˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

See 半信半疑 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 听了他的解释，我还是半信半疑。

    tīng le tā de jiě shì， wǒ hái shì bàn xìn bàn yí。

    After hearing his explanation, I'm still half-skeptical.

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Related words

半

bàn

half

信

xìn

letter

相信

xiāng xìn

to be convinced (that sth is true)

怀疑

huái yí

to doubt (sth)

信任

xìn rèn

to trust

信心

xìn xīn

confidence

短信

duǎn xìn

text message

信封

xìn fēng

envelope

信号

xìn hào

signal

信息

xìn xī

information

疑问

yí wèn

question

自信

zì xìn

to have confidence in oneself

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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