Chinese symbol for “sincerity”
诚意
chéng yì
Traditional: 誠意
sincerity; good faith
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sincerity is 诚意 (chéng yì), defined as: sincerity; good faith.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sincerity”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 诚心 (誠心) | chéng xīn | sincerity |
| 真心 | zhēn xīn | wholeheartedness; sincerity |
| 精诚 (精誠) | jīng chéng | sincerity; absolute good faith |
| 忱 | chén | sincerity; honesty |
| 真挚 (真摯) | zhēn zhì | sincere; sincerity |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 诚意.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 忠诚 (忠誠) | zhōng chéng | devoted; loyal |
| 诚信 (誠信) | chéng xìn | honesty; trustworthiness; good faith |
| 真诚 (真誠) | zhēn chéng | sincere; genuine; true |
| 诚实 (誠實) | chéng shí | honest |
| 虔诚 (虔誠) | qián chéng | pious; devout |
| 注意 | zhù yì | to take note of; to pay attention to |
| 意见 (意見) | yì jiàn | idea; opinion |
| 意思 | yì si | idea; opinion |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sincerity”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.