tín

tín

Người bạn ấy luôn giữ chữ tín trong mọi lời hứa.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • Trust, reliability, credibility: The quality of being faithful, keeping one's word, and being dependable, enabling others to rely on you.
    • Belief, faith: The state of believing or having confidence in something or someone.
Usage Examples
  • Noun:
    • Chữ "tín" một trong những đức tính quan trọng nhất trong kinh doanh. (The word "tín" (trustworthiness) is one of the most important virtues in business.)
    • Anh ấy người rất coi trọng chữ tín. (He is a person who highly values keeping his word.)
    • Tôi hoàn toàn đặt tín nơi lời hứa của anh. (I place my complete trust in your promise.)
Advanced Usage
  • "Thất tín": To break trust, to fail to keep one's word.
    • Thất tín thì vạn sự bất thành. (If you break trust, nothing can be accomplished.)
  • "Uy tín": Prestige, reputation (a compound word where "tín" is a component meaning trust/credibility).
    • Công ty đó uy tín rất cao trên thị trường. (That company has very high prestige in the market.)
  • "Tín nhiệm": To trust, to have confidence in (a compound word).
    • Tôi rất tín nhiệm khả năng của ấy. (I have great confidence in her ability.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Tín dụng (n): Credit (financial).
    • thẻ tín dụng (credit card)
  • Tín hiệu (n): Signal.
    • tín hiệu giao thông (traffic signal)
  • Tín đồ (n): Believer, follower (often religious).
    • tín đồ Phật giáo (Buddhist follower)
  • Lòng tin (n): Trust, faith (a near synonym phrase).
    • Tôi lòng tin vào tương lai. (I have faith in the future.)
Synonyms
  • Sự tin cậy: Trust, reliability.
  • Sự trung thực: Honesty.
  • Chữ tín: (The word/character for) trust (used as a synonym in specific contexts).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

(This section is less common for nouns in Vietnamese, but related verb phrases include:) - Giữ chữ tín: To keep one's word, to maintain trustworthiness. - Muốn thành công trong kinh doanh thì phải biết giữ chữ tín. (To succeed in business, one must know how to keep one's word.) - Mất tín nhiệm: To lose trust/confidence. - Hành động đó khiến anh ta mất tín nhiệm của mọi người. (That action caused him to lose everyone's trust.)

Related Idioms
  • Một lần bất tín, vạn lần bất tin: Literally "Once untrustworthy, ten thousand times distrusted." Meaning a single breach of trust destroys future credibility.
    • Anh phải giữ lời, một lần bất tín, vạn lần bất tin . (You must keep your promise, because a single breach of trust ruins all future trust.)
  • Nói sách, mách chứng: Literally "To speak having a book [as reference], to tell having evidence." This idiom relates to the concept of "tín" by emphasizing the importance of reliability and verifiability in speech.