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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

信任

Pronunciation / Transliteration: xìnrèn

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Trust/trʌst/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #350 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"建立信任需要很长时间。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.

    "Good relationships are built on mutual trust and open communication."
As verb
  1. 1

    To firmly believe in the character, strength, or truth of someone or something; to place confidence in.

    "You can always trust her to keep a secret."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old Norse 'traust', meaning help, confidence, or protection, closely related to the Proto-Germanic '*traustam'. Over the centuries, the term evolved from denoting physical security and reliance to encompassing psychological confidence in the character, ability, or truth of someone or something.

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