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認識

認識

See also: 认识

Chinese

to recognize; to know; to admit
 
to record; write a footnote; to know; knowledge
trad. (認識)
simp. (认识)
anagram 識認识认

Verb

認識

  1. (Mandarin) to know somebody; to be acquainted with
    通過電腦紅娘認識妻子 [MSC, trad.]
    通过电脑红娘认识妻子 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā shì tōngguò diànnǎo hóngniáng rènshi tā qīzǐ de. [Pinyin]
    He met his wife through a computer dating agency.
  2. to recognize
    好像根本認識周圍任何 [MSC, trad.]
    好像根本认识周围任何 [MSC, simp.]
    Hǎoxiàng tā gēnběn jiù bù rènshi zhōuwéi de rènhé rén. [Pinyin]
    It seems he does not recognize any people around him.
  3. to know; to understand; to be familiar with; to be aware of
    認識所有字母 [MSC, trad.]
    认识所有字母 [MSC, simp.]
    rènshi suǒyǒu de zìmǔ ma? [Pinyin]
    Do you know your ABCs?
    現在越來越認識環境保護重要性 [MSC, trad.]
    现在越来越认识环境保护重要性 [MSC, simp.]
    Xiànzài yuèláiyuè duō de rén rènshi dào huánjìngbǎohù de zhòngyàoxìng. [Pinyin]
    Now more and more people are aware of the importance of environmental protection.
    認識 / 认识   Nǐ bù rènshi zì ma?   Can't you read?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 認識 (“to know (somebody)”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 認識
Mandarin Beijing 認識
Taiwan 認識
Cantonese Guangzhou 識得
Hong Kong 識得
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian)
Liudui (S. Sixian)
Hsinchu (Hailu)
Dongshi (Dabu)
Zhuolan (Raoping)
Yunlin (Zhao'an)
Min Dong Fuzhou
Min Nan Quanzhou
Xiamen
Zhangzhou
Taipei
Kaohsiung
Tainan
Taichung
Yilan
Lukang
Sanxia
Kinmen
Magong
Hsinchu
Malaysia
Wu Wenzhou

Noun

認識

  1. knowledge; understanding; cognition
    認識過程 / 认识过程   rènshi guòchéng   cognitive process

See also

Derived terms


Japanese

Kanji in this term
にん
Grade: 6
しき
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese compound 認識 (nyinH syik, literally know, recognize; know, remember). Compare modern Mandarin rènshi, Min Dong nêng-sék.

Pronunciation

Noun

認識 (hiragana にんしき, romaji ninshiki)

  1. recognition, awareness
  2. understanding
  3. (computing) recognition

Compounds

Verb

認識する (transitive, hiragana にんしきする, romaji ninshiki suru)

  1. to recognize something, to be aware of something
  2. to understand something
  3. (computing) to recognize something

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

認識 (insik) (hangeul 인식)

  1. Hanja form? of 인식, “recognition”.