Definition

1. Verb:

   • To trust: To have confidence in someone's character, abilities, or reliability, often in the context of entrusting them with a specific duty or responsibility.
   • To have faith in: To believe that someone or something is dependable and will act correctly or fulfill an obligation.

2. Noun:

   • Trust / Confidence: The feeling or state of being sure that someone or something is reliable, good, honest, and effective, often leading to the granting of authority or responsibility.

Usage Examples

• Verb:

  • Công ty tín nhiệm anh ấy và giao cho dự án quan trọng. (The company trusts him and assigned him the important project.)
  • Người dân tín nhiệm bầu bà làm đại biểu. (The people have faith in her and voted for her as a representative.)

• Noun:

  • Ông ấy có được sự tín nhiệm của toàn thể nhân viên. (He has gained the complete trust of all the staff.)
  • Cuộc bỏ phiếu tín nhiệm sẽ diễn ra vào tuần tới. (The vote of confidence will take place next week.)

Advanced Usage

• "bỏ phiếu tín nhiệm": A vote of confidence (in a political or organizational context).

  • Thủ tướng đối mặt với cuộc bỏ phiếu tín nhiệm. (The Prime Minister faces a vote of confidence.)

• "mất tín nhiệm": To lose trust/confidence; to be discredited.

  • Hành động đó khiến anh ta mất tín nhiệm. (That action caused him to lose trust.)

Variants and Related Words

• Được tín nhiệm (Adj./Verb phrase): To be trusted; to enjoy confidence.

  • Giám đốc rất được tín nhiệm. (The director is highly trusted.)

• Tín nhiệm học (Noun): Fiduciary studies (a specialized term related to trust in legal/financial contexts).

Synonyms

• Tin cậy: To trust, to rely on.
• Tin tưởng: To believe in, to have faith in.
• Ủy thác: To entrust (often for a specific task or asset).

Related Idioms

• Được lòng tín nhiệm: To be in someone's good graces of trust.
  • Anh ấy luôn được lòng tín nhiệm của cấp trên. (He always enjoys the trust of his superiors.)

verb

1. to trust