xìn rèn
to trust
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我信任你。
wǒ xìnrèn nǐ.
I trust you.
他很信任我。
tā hěn xìnrèn wǒ.
He trusts me very much.
我们彼此信任。
wǒmen bǐcǐ xìnrèn.
We trust each other.
信赖 (xìnlài)
trust
相信 (xiāngxìn)
believe
怀疑 (huáiyí)
doubt
不信任 (bùxìnrèn)
distrust
The Chinese word 信任 (xìnrèn) for "trust" is composed of two characters: 信 (xìn) and 任 (rèn). The character 信 originally meant "a message" or "a letter," and later extended to mean "to believe" or "to trust." The character 任 originally meant "to bear a burden" or "to take responsibility," and later extended to mean "to trust" or "to rely on." Thus, the compound word 信任 literally means "to believe in someone and rely on them," which captures the essence of the concept of trust.
