公信力

gōngxìnlì
noun #45,100

Meanings

  1. 1 public credibility
  2. 2 public trust (in an institution)

Examples

HSK 3
Zhè jiā bàozhǐ hěn yǒu gōngxìnlì.
This newspaper has a lot of credibility with the public.
HSK 7-9
Yízài shuōhuǎng zhǐ huì ràng zhèngfǔ shīqù gōngxìnlì.
Lying again and again will only make the government lose public trust.

Tips

usage
公信力 is the trust the public places in an institution: a government, a court, the media, a ranking. An institution can 提高 (raise), 损害 (damage) or 失去 (lose) it. For one person's trustworthiness, 信誉 or 威信 is more usual.

Stroke Order

公 gōng
信 xìn
力 lì