承认

Character by character

• 承chéng8 strokesHSK 4inherit, receive; succeed
• 认rèn4 strokesHSK 1 traditional 認recognize, know, understand

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 我承认我错了。

  Wǒ chéng rèn wǒ cuò le

  I realize I messed up.

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• 我承认我大意了。

  Wǒ chéng rèn wǒ dà yì le

  I admit that I was careless.

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• 我承认他是对的。

  Wǒ chéng rèn tā shì duì de

  I admit that he is right.

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• 我承认他说的是事实。

  Wǒ chéng rèn tā shuō de shì shì shí

  I recognize that what he says is the truth.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 承认. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 认为rèn wéiHSK 2

  to believe; to think; to consider; to feel

• 认识rèn shiHSK 1

  to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; to get acquainted with sb; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition

• 认真rèn zhēnHSK 1

  conscientious; earnest; serious; to take seriously; to take to heart

• 承诺chéng nuòHSK 6

  to promise; to undertake to do something; commitment

• 确认què rènHSK 4

  to confirm; to verify; confirmation

• 承担chéng dānHSK 4

  to undertake; to assume (responsibility etc)

• 承受chéng shòuHSK 4

  to bear; to support; to inherit

• 认rènHSK 5

  to recognize; to know; to admit

• 否认fǒu rènHSK 3

  to declare to be untrue; to deny

• 认定rèn dìngHSK 5

  to maintain (that sth is true); to determine (a fact); determination (of an amount); of the firm opinion; to believe firmly; to set one's mind on; to identify with

• 继承jì chéngHSK 5

  to inherit; to succeed to (the throne etc); to carry on (a tradition etc)

• 认可rèn kěHSK 3

  to approve; approval; acknowledgment; OK

• 认同rèn tóngHSK 6

  to approve of; to endorse; to acknowledge; to recognize; to identify oneself with

• 认出rèn chūHSK 3

  recognition; to recognize

• 认证rèn zhèngHSK 7

  to authenticate; to approve

• 认知rèn zhīHSK 7

  cognition; cognitive; understanding; perception; awareness; to be cognizant of; to recognize; to realize

• 承办chéng bànHSK 5

  to undertake; to accept a contract

• 认得rèn deHSK 3

  to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know

• 公认gōng rènHSK 5

  publicly known (to be); accepted (as)

• 辨认biàn rènHSK 7

  to recognize; to identify

• 认错rèn cuòHSK 7

  to admit an error; to acknowledge one's mistake

• 承载chéng zàiHSK 7

  to bear the weight; to sustain

• 传承chuán chéngHSK 7

  to pass on (to future generations); passed on (from former times); a continued tradition; an inheritance

• 承包chéng bāoHSK 7

  to contract; to undertake (a job)