迷信

míxìn
noun HSK 5 #8,074

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 2
Búyào míxìn, yào xiāngxìn kēxué.
Don't be superstitious - believe in science.
HSK 2
Hěnduō míxìn yǐjīng méiyǒu rén xìn le.
Many superstitions are no longer believed.
HSK 5
Tā duì zhèzhǒng 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

xìn