信任投票 (xìn rèn tóu piào) — vote of confidence

Definition

noun
vote of confidence

Examples

  • 信任投票。
    Yì huì jīn tiān jiāng duì zhèng fǔ jìn xíng xìn rèn tóu piào.
    Parliament will hold a vote of confidence in the government today.
  • 信任投票，。
    Rú guǒ xìn rèn tóu piào tōng guò, zǒng lǐ jiù kě yǐ jì xù rèn zhí.
    If the vote of confidence passes, the prime minister can continue in office.
  • 信任投票。
    Fǎn duì dǎng tí chū le xìn rèn tóu piào dòng yì.
    The opposition party put forward a motion of no confidence.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

信任trust
信xìntrust任rènentrust
联合Side by side
投票vote
投tóucast票piàoballot
动宾Verb + object

'信任' is trust and '投票' is casting ballots, so it is a vote expressing trust.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánwords
Sound part声符shēngfú
人
人rén信xìn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

信 pairs 人 as the sound part with 言 (words) as the meaning part.

Open 信 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rénperson
Sound part声符shēngfú
壬
壬rén任rèn
Same sound today

任 pairs 亻, a person, with 壬, which may picture a shoulder pole turned sideways.

Open 任 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
殳
殳shū投tóu
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left part 扌 shows a hand, and the right part 殳 gives the sound of the character.

Open 投 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 火火huǒfire
  • 𢍱𢍱𢍱to rise high

票 combines 火 (fire) and 𢍱 (to rise high), originally representing sparks rising up.

Open 票 →

Browse more HSK 7-9 words or search the full 43,000-word dictionary.