迷信

Chinese

		bewilder; crazy about; fan bewilder; crazy about; fan; enthusiast; lost; confused	letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence
simp. and trad. (迷信)		迷	信

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): míxìn

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mai⁴ seon³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mì-sin
Min Nan (POJ): bê-sìn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: míxìn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mishinn
  - IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵ ɕin⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mai⁴ seon³
  - Yale: màih seun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁴ soen³
  - Guangdong Romanization: mei⁴ sên³
  - IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯²¹ sɵn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mì-sin
  - Hakka Romanization System: miˇ xin
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mi² xin⁴
  - IPA: /mi¹¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bê-sìn
  - Tâi-lô: bê-sìn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: besixn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /be²⁴⁻²² ɕin²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /be²⁴⁻²² ɕin⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /be¹³⁻²² ɕin²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /be²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕin¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /be²³⁻³³ ɕin²¹/

Adjective

迷信

superstitious
他好迷信哦！ ― Tā hǎo míxìn ò! ― He is quite superstitious!

Verb

迷信

(transitive, intransitive) to be superstitious (about)
迷信鬼神 ― míxìn guǐshén ― to be superstitious about ghosts and spirits
(transitive, intransitive) to have blind faith (in)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (迷信):

→ Japanese: 迷 (めい)信 (しん) (meishin)
→ Korean: 미신 (迷信, misin)
→ Vietnamese: mê tín (迷信)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
迷	信
めい Grade: 5	しん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めーしん [mèéshíń] (Heiban – [0])
(Tokyo) めーしん [mèéshíꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [me̞ːɕĩɴ]

Noun

迷信 (hiragana めいしん, rōmaji meishin)

superstition
迷 (めい)信 (しん)を信 (しん)じる。
Meishin o shinjiru.
She is superstitious.
- 1988 July 30 [Jul 25 1985], Fujiko F. Fujio, “絶ぜつ滅めつの島しま [Island of Extinction]”, in 宇宙船製造法 [How to Build a Spaceship] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 3), volume 3 (fiction), 6th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 104:
  
  すんません。ケナシザルの黒 (くろ)焼 (や)きは、円 (えん)形 (けい)脱 (だつ)毛 (もう)症 (しょう)に効 (き)くと聞きまして………。
  Sunmasen. Kenashizaru no kuroyaki wa, enkei datsumōshō ni kiku to kikimashite……….
  Sorry. It’s just that I heard the charred med made of these hairless apes would help cure spot baldness……….
  それは、ただの迷 (めい)信 (しん)だ。
  Sore wa, tada no meishin da.
  That’s just a common misconception.
- 2005 August 9, Sorachi, Hideaki, “第だい六十四訓くん　キャラクターはシルエットだけで読どく者しゃに見み分わけがつくように描かき分わけよう [Lesson 64: Characters Should Be Drawn So That Readers Can Make Them Out with just the Silhouettes]”, in 銀ぎん魂たま [Silver Soul], volume 8 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
  
  どっかでミミズに小 (しょう)便 (べん)でも　ひっかけてきたんじゃないかィ？腫 (は)れるっていうよね
  Dokka de mimizu ni shōben demo hikkaketekitan ja nai ki? Harerutte iu yo ne
  Did you piss on a worm somewhere? You said swollen right?
  何 (なに)言 (い)っちゃってんの　迷 (めい)信 (しん)だろそんな…
  Nani itchatten no Meishin daro sonna…
  What you talkin’ about? That’s just a superstition…

Derived terms

迷 (めい)信 (しん)的 (てき) (meishinteki)

Korean

Hanja in this term
迷	信

Noun

迷信 • (misin) (hangeul 미신)

Hanja form^? of 미신 (“superstition”).

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