TRUST    信任信

BELIEVE someone to be HONEST, AND TREAT that person CONFORMING TO THAT BELIEF.
UT ONE'S TRUST INHAVE FAITH INHAVE (EVERY) CONFIDENCE INBELIEVE INPIN ONE'S HOPES/FAITH ONCONFIDE IN.CONFIDENCEBELIEFFAITHCERTAINTYASSURANCECONVICTIONCREDENCERELIANCE
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current word for having faith in someone is xìn 信 (ant. yí 疑 "be suspicious of"), and this word belongs to the high discourse of politics and ethics.
Modern Chinese Criteria
信任 相信 寵信 信賴 信從 親信 言聽計從 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • RELY ON　TRUST in AND USE OR CONFORM to as being PROFITABLE to one's AIMS. (anc: 8/0, child: 2)
  • CONFIDENT　TRUST SELF:oneself. (anc: 8/0, child: 0)
See also
  • FAITHFULVIRTUE of NOT LYING AND BEING DILIGENT in EXHAUSTING one's STRENGTH DOING WHAT one has PROMISED.
Hypernym
  • BELIEVE　ATTITUDE IN-RELATION-TO a THINK:thought to the effect that this THOUGHT is TRUE. (anc: 6/0, child: 15)
  • ATTITUDE　RELATION between a HUMAN who FEELS and PERCEIVED OBJECTS involving a TENDENDY to REACT. (anc: 5/0, child: 3)
  • RELATION　FEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER. (anc: 4/0, child: 15)
  • De differentiis ( DIFFERENTIAE I) p. 126

    FIDUCIA, CONFIDENTIA

    217. Inter Fiduciam et confidentiam. Fiducia in bonis rebus, confidentia in malis est.

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    TRUST

    fidere refers to trusting in someone, having faith in someone, as a basic feeling.

    confidere is intensitive and refers to having strong faith in someone.

    credere is to trust in someone's good intentions and sincerity.

    committere is to entrust someone to someone, thereby placing a moral burden on that other person.

    fiducia refers to the trust one has in others.

    confidentia refers to a reprehensible blind trust, particularly in one's own strength.

    TRUSTY

    fides refers to the good faith one keeps to others, the keeping one's word.

    fidelitas refers specifically to the continued devotion to a person to whom one has once committed oneself.

    fidus refers to a natural quality of trustworthiness in a person,and the term involves relative praise due to someone in whom one can trust.

    fidelis refers to a moral characteristic of a person, and the term involves absolute praise for trustworthiness as a cultivated moral virtue.

  • Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum ( LANGIUS 1631) p.

    FIDES

    FIDUCIA SUI

  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 11.986

    VERTRAUEN

    • Words (12 items)

    信  xìn OC: sins MC: sin 68 Attributions

    The current word for having faith in someone is xìn 信 (ant. yí 疑 "be suspicious of"), and this word belongs to the high discourse of politics and ethics.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 疑/SUSPECT The standard current word for suspicion of any kind is yí 疑.
    • Ant: 疑/SUSPECT The standard current word for suspicion of any kind is yí 疑.
    • Object: 人/OTHER Rén 人 refers indefinitely to other persons, in the singular (someone else) or in the plural (other people), but never as "the other person" or as "the other people."
    • Assoc: 向/RALLY Xiàng 向 (ant. bèi 背 "turn one's back on") is allegiance in attitude which may or may not manifest itself in concrete action.
    • Assoc: 愛/LOVE The clearly dominant word referring to love is ài 愛 (ant. hèn 恨 "dislike"; rarely zēng 憎 "dislike"; and wù 惡 "hate"), and this word refers both to the feelings of love and to the expression of love in loving care for another person as well as in sexual relations. (Occasionally, the word may refer to the emotional preference that a small child feels for its parents. For this meaning see PREFER.)
    • Assoc: 用/EMPLOY The current general word for employing someone for any purpose, but also in highly formal bureacratic contexts, is yòng 用.
    • Oppos: 詘/WITHDRAW

      Syntactic words
    • nab.ttrust in a person; mutual trust
    • nabpsychtrust, confidence
    • npassivethose who are trusted
    • vadNtrusted, recognised by others
    • vihave self-confidence, be confident in oneself
    • vt(oN)N=humantrust the contextually determinate NDS
    • vt(oN)N=nonhumantrust that the contextually determinate thing is genuineDS
    • vt+prep+Nfeel trust in, have trust in
    • vtoNgradedhave or show trust in (someone or something)
    • vtoNpassivebe trusted
    • vtoNpsychtrust in (oneself); be self-confident
    • vtoSsocialtrust that S, put his faith in S happening
    自信  zì xìn OC: sblids sins MC: dzi sin 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabpsychtrust in oneself; belief in oneself; reliance on oneself (自信 in the Línjìlù seems to come close to the notion of "self-confidence" which seems to be marginal in earlier texts)
    • VPibelieve in oneself; have self-confidence; rely one oneself (and not on authorities)
    信愛  xìn ài OC: sins qɯɯds MC: sin ʔəi 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNtrust and loveLZ
    • VPtoNpassivebe trusted and loved (note that we also have 愛信)
    信心  xìn xīn OC: sins slɯm MC: sin sim 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabpsycha proper attitude, a trusty attitude; "a good mind"
    • VPadVfaithfully, trustily
    信幸  xìn xìng OC: sins ɢreeŋʔ MC: sin ɦɣɛŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabpsychtrust; preferential trust
    愛信  ài xìn OC: qɯɯds sins MC: ʔəi sin 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPobjectbeloved and trusted person
    信服  xìn fú OC: sins bɯɡ MC: sin buk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabpsychtrust
    服信  fú xìn OC: bɯɡ sins MC: buk sin 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNpassivebe trusted
    可信  kě xìn MC: khaX sinH OC: khlaalʔ sins 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VP[adN]who can be trusted, a trustworthy personLZ
    諶  chén OC: ɡljum MC: dʑim 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNhave trust in SHI
    義夫  yì fū OC: ŋrals pa MC: ŋiɛ pi̯o 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPnonreferentialfaithful person DCD: 2.情專的男子。 清 李漁 《比目魚‧回生》："這等說起來，是一對義夫節婦了，可敬，可敬！"
    見信  jiàn xìn OC: keens sins MC: ken sin 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPt(oN)trust the contextually determinate N (cf. 見怪，見笑)