印证

• Pinyin: yìn zhèng
• Desglose de hanzi: 印 = 卩 + 爪 (seal stamp — to confirm, to mark as verified); 证 = 言 + 正 (speech + upright — to testify, to prove correctly)

Significado

Corroborar; verificar; confirmar con pruebas.

Implies that one piece of evidence or argument is confirmed and substantiated by another — mutual authentication. Distinguished from 证明 (to prove): 印证 emphasises that evidence from a separate, independent source confirms what was already suspected or claimed. Common in academic, legal, and analytical writing.

Ejemplos

1. 新出土的汉简与《史记》关于昭帝时期政局的记载高度吻合，有力印证了史学界的主流解释。
2. 多项北欧长期研究相互印证：在抑制不平等并提供普惠公共服务的制度下，增长、流动性与幸福感可长期并进。
3. 三名独立证人的说法彼此印证，辩方的质疑也就难以成立。

Guía de uso

Contexto: academic, legal, journalism, research

Tono: neutral

Correcto

• 气候模型预测与全球观测数据相互印证，说明极端降水正明显增多。(Climate model predictions and global observational data corroborate each other, showing that extreme precipitation is clearly increasing.)
• 书中大量档案、回忆录和新闻报道彼此印证，还原了那个时代的社会心态和政治气氛。(The book's many archives, memoirs, and news reports corroborate one another, recreating the social mindset and political atmosphere of that era.)

Incorrecto

• 他印证了去商店 — 印证 requires an object that is a proposition, claim, finding, or testimony, not a physical action or destination; use 证实 or 确认 for simple factual confirmation; 印证 specifically means that separate evidence sources align to confirm the same thing

Origen e historia

印 (to imprint/stamp — to mark with confirmation) + 证 (to prove/attest — 言 speech + 正 upright/correct; to testify correctly); together: 'to stamp with confirmation through testimony' — to verify through corroborating evidence

Contexto cultural

Época: Modern

Generación: All ages

Contexto social: Educated/professional