可信性 (kě xìn xìng) — credibility, trustworthiness

Definition

noun
credibilitytrustworthiness

Examples

  • 可信性。
    Tā de bào gào quē fá kě xìn xìng.
    His report lacks credibility.
  • 可信性。
    Wǒ men xū yào tí gāo shù jù de kě xìn xìng.
    We need to improve the credibility of the data.
  • 可信性。
    Zhè ge gōng sī de xìn yù hé kě xìn xìng dōu hěn gāo.
    This company's reputation and credibility are both high.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

可信credible
可kěworthy信xìntrust
偏正Modifier + head
性xìngquality

可信 means worthy of trust, and 性 gives the quality sense of credibility.

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
口口kǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
丂
丂kǎo可kě
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

可 pairs 口 (mouth) with 丂 as a sound part; it is tied to air from the mouth, perhaps singing.

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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.

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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
忄Written in full as心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
生
生shēng性xìng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

性 is built from 忄 (the heart) and 生 (a sound clue). The heart part connects the word to a person's inner nature or quality.

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