信以為真

Chinese

		letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence	to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	real; true; genuine
trad. (信以為真)		信	以	為	真
simp. (信以为真)		信	以	为	真

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xìnyǐwéizhēn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄧˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄓㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³ ji⁵ wai⁴ zan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xìnyǐwéizhēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄧˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄓㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinnyyiweijen
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seon³ ji⁵ wai⁴ zan¹
  - Yale: seun yíh wàih jān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soen³ ji⁵ wai⁴ dzan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sên³ yi⁵ wei⁴ zen¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³ jiː¹³ wɐi̯²¹ t͡sɐn⁵⁵/

Idiom

信以為真

to take (something) to be true

在那種情況下，我對他的話也只有信以為真了。 [MSC, trad.]
在那种情况下，我对他的话也只有信以为真了。 [MSC, simp.]
Zài nà zhǒng qíngkuàng xià, wǒ duì tā de huà yě zhǐyǒu xìnyǐwèizhēn le. [Pinyin]
In such a situation, I had no option but to believe what he said.

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