Know in Chinese
to know · HSK 1
认识
- 认 to recognize
- 识 to know
很高兴认识你。 Nice to meet you.
Other ways to say know
More words with 认 or 识
How do you say know in Chinese?
Know in Chinese is 认识 (rèn shi). You can also say 知道 (zhī dào), 懂 (dǒng), 懂得 (dǒng de), 认得 (rèn de).
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?
The CC-CEDICT 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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Greetings: hello, good morning and goodbye. Measure words: the classifier for any noun. Tone practice: say a word and see your tones. Read any Mandarin: point at a word for its meaning.
Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.