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title: "Jianxin Meaning: 坚信 (to firmly believe) or 艰辛 (hardship)?"
description: "坚信 (traditional 堅信, jiānxìn) means “to firmly believe”. Not the jianxin you heard? See 艰辛. Hear its tones, see what 坚 and 信 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/jianxin"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 坚信 mean?

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坚信 jiānxìn

## to firmly believe

## Its characters

1. 坚 jiān hard
2. 信 xìn to believe

## In a sentence

我坚信他一定会成功。 I firmly believe he will succeed.

[More about 坚信](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%9D%9A%E4%BF%A1)

## Other words said jianxin

- [艰辛jiānxīnhardship](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E8%89%B0%E8%BE%9B)

## More words with 坚 or 信

- [诚信 chéngxìn](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/chengxin)
- [电信 diànxìn](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/dianxin)
- [短信 duǎnxìn](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/duanxin)
- [坚持 jiānchí](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/jianchi)
- [坚定 jiāndìng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/jianding)
- [坚定不移 jiāndìng-bùyí](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/jiandingbuyi)
- [坚果 jiānguǒ](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/jianguo)
- [坚决 jiānjué](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/jianjue)
- [坚强 jiānqiáng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/jianqiang)
- [坚实 jiānshí](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/jianshi)

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