迷信

míxìn
noun/verb HSK 5 #8,074

Meanings

  1. 1 superstition
  2. 2 to be superstitious; to blindly believe in

Characters

Blindly lost in belief — superstition.

Examples

Bú yào míxìn, yào xiāngxìn kēxué.
Don't be superstitious — believe in science.
Hěn duō míxìn yǐjīng méiyǒu rén xìn le.
Many superstitions are no longer believed.
Tā duì zhè zhǒng shuōfǎ hěn míxìn.
She is very superstitious about this kind of claim.

Tips

culture
In Chinese culture, many traditional beliefs walk the line between custom and 迷信 — like avoiding the number 4 (sounds like , death) or giving red envelopes for luck. The government officially discourages 迷信 but many folk practices persist.
usage
迷信 can be used as both a noun ('superstition') and a verb ('to be superstitious about'). As a verb it often takes ...迷信.

Stroke Order

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