認 (jing6 jan6 | ren4 reng4) : recognise; know; admit; accept

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認

jing6 jan6

ren4 reng4

[1] [v] recognise; know; understand; make out; identify [2] [v] admit; acknowledge; own [3] [v] accept; resign oneself to [4] [v] enter into a certain relationship with; adopt [5] [v] promise to do something; subscribe

Stroke count: 14

Level: 3

Radical: (#149)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

認 / 认

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jul 2009 14:58

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認得 jing6 dak1 ren4 de2 = to recognise

公認 gung1 jing6 gong1 ren4 = publically known (to be), generally accepted (as), etc.

認識 jing6 sik1 ren4 shi5 = to know, to recognize

唔認得 m4 jing6 dak1 = do not recognise 粵

不認識 bat1 jing6 sik1 bu4*2 ren4 shi5 = do not recognise sth./sb. 國

認真 jing6/jing6*2 zan1 ren4 zhen1 = conscientious; really

認為 jing6 wai4 ren4 wei2 = to believe

認定 jing6 ding6 ren4 ding4 = to firmly believe

認可 jing6 ho2 ren4 ke3 = to approve; to certify

承認 sing4 jing6 cheng2 ren4 = to recognise; to acknowledge; to admit
See all 53 compounds (CantoDict reports 54 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 4 examples containing 認

雖然我沒上大學，但是我認為我也有資格的。國
Although I have not attended college, I believe that I am also qualified.

國王認為他是傻瓜國
The king believed he was a fool.
[ie: another man was a fool, not the king!]

你認真啲讀書啦粵
Be serious about your studies.

今次婚禮嘅場面認真巴閉粵
The wedding ceremony was really grand

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 認
Unicode code for this character: U+8A8D (off-site link)

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