信仰

信仰

1. to believe in (an ideology, faith or religion); to have faith in

   信仰宗教  ―  xìnyǎng zōngjiào  ―  to have religious faith

   異地戀能給我們帶來多少的歡樂，以至於我們是那麼的信仰。 [MSC, trad.]
   异地恋能给我们带来多少的欢乐，以至于我们是那么的信仰。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yìdìliàn néng gěi wǒmen dàilái duōshǎo de huānlè, yǐzhìyú wǒmen shì nàme de xìnyǎng. [Pinyin]

   Long-distance love bring us so much joy, so much so that we put real faith in it.

• 信 (xìn)

信仰

1. belief; faith

   信仰真空  ―  xìnyǎng zhēnkōng  ―  belief vacuum

   信仰危機／信仰危机  ―  xìnyǎng wēijī  ―  belief crisis

• 宗教 (zōngjiào)

• “信仰”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
• “信仰”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.
• “信仰”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Mandarin and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 33.

• (Tokyo) しんこー [shìńkóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩŋko̞ː]

• Homophones: 親交, 進行, 進攻, 振興, 侵攻, 新港

信(しん)仰(こう) • (shinkō) ^{←しんかう (sinkau)?}

1. (religious) belief, faith
   • 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 14, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 下 先生と遺書 [Sensei's Testament]:

     私(わたくし)はその人(ひと)に対(たい)して、ほとんど信(しん)仰(こう)に近(ちか)い愛(あい)をもっていたのです。私(わたくし)が宗(しゅう)教(きょう)だけに用(もち)いるこの言(こと)葉(ば)を、若(わか)い女(おんな)に応(おう)用(よう)するのを見(み)て、あなたは変(へん)に思(おも)うかも知(し)れませんが、私(わたくし)は今(いま)でも固(かた)く信(しん)じているのです。

     Watakushi wa sono hito ni taishite, hotondo shinkō ni chikai ai o motte ita no desu. Watakushi ga shūkyō dake ni mochīru kono kotoba o, wakai onna ni ōyō suru no o mite, anata wa hen ni omō ka mo shiremasen ga, watakushi wa ima demo kataku shinjite iru no desu.

     I held for her a love bordering on piety. You may think it strange seeing me apply this word, which is only used for religion, to a young woman, but I firmly believe this even now.

• 宗教(しゅうきょう) (shūkyō): religion

信(しん)仰(こう)する • (shinkō suru) transitive suru (stem 信(しん)仰(こう)し (shinkō shi), past 信(しん)仰(こう)した (shinkō shita))

1. to have faith in a religion, to profess faith in
   • 2023 April 4, 梅村みずほ, quotee, “第211回国会　参議院　法務委員会　第4号　令和5年4月4日”, in 国会会議録検索システム‎^[1], 国立国会図書館:

     信教の自由というのは守られるべきものであって、どの宗教を信仰しても日本人は当然自由なんですね。

     Shinkyō no jiyū to iu no wa mamorareru-beki mono de atte, dono shūkyō o shinkō shite mo Nihon-jin wa tōzen jiyū nan desu ne.

     Freedom of religion should be protected, and Japanese people are naturally free to believe in any religion they like.

• “信仰”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

信仰 • (sinang) (hangeul 신앙)

1. hanja form^? of 신앙 (“faith; religious belief”)

信仰

1. chữ Hán form of tín ngưỡng (“traditional belief”)