信義

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See also: 信义

Chinese

		letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence	justice; righteousness; meaning
trad. (信義)		信	義
simp. (信义)		信	义

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信義 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
Sìn-gī-hiong (Southern Min)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xìnyì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³ ji⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sin-ngi
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sìn-gī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xìnyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìnyì
  - Wade–Giles: hsin⁴-i⁴
  - Yale: syìn-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinnyih
  - Palladius: синьи (sinʹi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seon³ ji⁶
  - Yale: seun yih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soen³ ji⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sên³ yi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³ jiː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sin-ngi
  - Hakka Romanization System: xin ngi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xin⁴ ngi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sin⁵⁵ ŋi⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn-gī
  - Tâi-lô: sìn-gī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sien'gi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sin²¹⁻⁵³ ɡi²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin²¹⁻⁵³ ɡi²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sin¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡi³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡi³³/

Noun

信義

good faith; trust and justice

Proper noun

信義

(～區) Xinyi (a district of Taipei, Taiwan)
(～區) Xinyi (a district of Keelung, Taiwan)
(～鄉) Sinyi, Xinyi (a mountain indigenous township in Nantou County, Taiwan)
(～鄉) (historical) Xinyi (a township in Linwei district, Weinan, Shaanxi, China, now part of Longbei Town)

Further reading

(Min Nan) “信義”, 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., 2025.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
信	義
しん Grade: 4	ぎ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

信(しん)義(ぎ) • (shingi)

faith
信(しん)義(ぎ)の神(かみ)オケチラ
Shingi no Kami Okechira
Oketra, Goddess of Truth

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
信	義
のぶ Grade: 4	よし Grade: 5

Proper noun

信(のぶ)義(よし) • (Nobuyoshi)

a male given name

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