HSK · Level 71
75 words
Chinese word
辨认
Pronunciation
Pinyinbiàn rèn
Meaning
- verbrecognize
Example
孩子一眼就能辨认出妈妈。hái zi yì yǎn jiù néng biàn rèn chū mā mā
The child can recognize their mother at a glance.
More examples
她戴着口罩，朋友很难辨认出她来。tā dài zhe kǒu zhào péng yǒu hěn nán biàn rèn chū tā lái
She is wearing a mask, so it is hard for her friends to recognize her.
Core concept
Distinctive clues separate one person or thing from similar ones and lead to a clear choice.
Common phrases
容易辨认róng yì biàn rèn
easy to recognize
辨认面孔biàn rèn miàn kǒng
recognize faces
辨认真假biàn rèn zhēn jiǎ
tell real from fake
Similar words
认出rèn chū: Realizing that a person or thing is someone or something seen before.
识别shí bié: Determining what a person or thing is, or what kind it is, from signs.
辨别biàn bié: Telling similar people or things apart by finding their finer differences.
认识rèn shí: Being familiar with a person or thing and understanding what it is like.
Definition in Chinese
通过观察和比较，从相似的对象中识别出某个人或某物。tōng guò guān chá hé bǐ jiào cóng xiāng sì de duì xiàng zhōng shí bié chū mǒu gè rén huò mǒu wù
Word origin
辨 (biàn, "distinguish") + 认 (rèn, "recognize") forms a verb that links separating similar things with knowing which one is the target.
Usage tips
- In everyday speech, a result complement commonly follows this verb when careful looking produces a definite answer, making it useful for describing the moment of certainty.
Other meanings
- tell apartverb
- identifyverb
Opposites
- 错认cuò rènmisidentifyverb