认识

• 拼音: rèn shi
• 汉字拆解: 认 = 讠(speech) + 人 (person); 识 = 讠(speech) + 只 (phonetic), both relating to recognising through interaction

含义

To know; to recognise; to be acquainted with. Used for knowing people or recognising characters.

Has two main uses: knowing or being acquainted with a person, and being able to recognise something such as Chinese characters. Different from 知道 (to know a fact). The phrase 认识你很高兴 (nice to meet you) is a very common greeting when meeting someone new.

例句

1. 你认识他吗？
2. 我们在学校认识的。
3. 我认识这个字。

用法指南

语境: social, everyday

语气: friendly

正确说法

• 认识你很高兴。(Nice to meet you.)
• 我不认识这个字。(I don't recognise this character.)

错误说法

• 我认识他的名字。(Slightly off — use 知道 for knowing a name as a fact: 我知道他的名字; use 认识 for knowing the person)

起源与历史

A compound of 认 (to recognise/acknowledge) and 识 (to know/recognise), both reinforcing the idea of recognition and familiarity.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal