Identity in Chinese
identity · HSK 5
身份
- 身 body
- 份 portion
Counted with 个: 一个身份
工作人员核对了他的身份。 The staff verified his identity.
Other ways to say identity
More words with 身 or 份
How do you say identity in Chinese?
Identity in Chinese is 身份 (shēn fèn). You can also say 认同 (rèn tóng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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