Chinese symbol for “skeptical”
半信半疑
bàn xìn bàn yí
(idiom) half believing, half doubting; not quite convinced; skeptical
The closest CC-CEDICT match for skeptical is 半信半疑 (bàn xìn bàn yí), defined as: (idiom) half believing, half doubting; not quite convinced; skeptical.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 半信半疑.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一半 | yī bàn | half |
| 半岛 (半島) | bàn dǎo | peninsula |
| 半年 | bàn nián | half a year |
| 半个 (半個) | bàn ge | half of sth |
| 半数 (半數) | bàn shù | half the number; half |
| 上半年 | shàng bàn nián | first half of the year |
| 信息 | xìn xī | information; news; message |
| 相信 | xiāng xìn | to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true |
| 怀疑 (懷疑) | huái yí | to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that |
See also: Japanese symbol for “skeptical”.
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.