认真

Character by character

• 认rèn4 strokesHSK 1 traditional 認recognize, know, understand
• 真zhēn10 strokesHSK 1real, actual, true, genuine

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

Example sentences

• 认真的？

  Rèn zhēn de

  Are you serious?

  Listen

• 认真点。

  Rèn zhēn diǎn

  Get serious.

  Listen

• 你认真的？

  Nǐ rèn zhēn de

  Are you serious?

  Listen

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words with the same characters

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

• 真zhēnHSK 1

  really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine

• 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

• 真正zhēn zhèngHSK 2

  genuine; real; true; really; indeed

• 真的zhēn deHSK 1

  really, truly, indeed

• 真实zhēn shíHSK 3

  true; real

• 承认chéng rènHSK 4

  to admit; to concede; to recognize; recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc); to acknowledge

• 确认què rènHSK 4

  to confirm; to verify; confirmation

• 真相zhēn xiàngHSK 5

  the truth about sth; the actual facts

• 真心zhēn xīnHSK 7

  sincere; heartfelt

• 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

• 真诚zhēn chéngHSK 5

  sincere; genuine; true

• 认可rèn kěHSK 3

  to approve; approval; acknowledgment; OK

• 真理zhēn lǐHSK 5

  truth

• 天真tiān zhēnHSK 4

  naive; innocent; artless

• 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

• 传真chuán zhēnHSK 5

  fax; facsimile

• 当真dàng zhēnHSK 7

  to take seriously; serious; No joking, really!

• 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

• 认得rèn deHSK 3

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