承认/承認 chéngrèn — to admit, to acknowledge, to recognise

Meanings

1. 1

   to admit, to acknowledge, to recognise

   To concede something one would rather not — a mistake, a defeat, that the other side has a point. It is also the formal word for a state recognising another, which is the same act at a different scale: agreeing that a thing is so.

   verb

Character breakdown

• 认/認

  rèn (fourth tone, falling)

  to recognise, to identify; to admit, to acknowledge; to accept as inevitable

  4 strokes⿰讠人Radical 言

Example sentences

• 他承认自己错了。/他承認自己錯了。Tā (first tone, high and level) chéngrèn (second tone, rising) zìjǐ (fourth tone, falling) cuò (fourth tone, falling) le. (neutral tone)···

  He admitted that he was wrong.

• 我不得不承认，你说得有道理。/我不得不承認，你說得有道理。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) bùdébù (fourth tone, falling) chéngrèn, (second tone, rising) nǐ (third tone, dipping) shuō (first tone, high and level) de (neutral tone) yǒu (third tone, dipping) dàolǐ. (fourth tone, falling)···

  I have to admit you have a point.

Similar words

Words containing 认

• 认为/認為rènwéi (fourth tone, falling)to hold that, to consider, to be of the opinion that
• 认识/認識rènshi (fourth tone, falling)to know, to be acquainted with (a person)
• 认真/認真rènzhēn (fourth tone, falling)conscientious, careful, in earnest
• 确认/確認què (fourth tone, falling) rèn (fourth tone, falling)to confirm
• 认/認rèn (fourth tone, falling)to recognize
• 否认/否認fǒu (third tone, dipping) rèn (fourth tone, falling)to declare to be untrue
• 认定/認定rèn (fourth tone, falling) dìng (fourth tone, falling)to maintain (that sth is true)
• 认可/認可rèn (fourth tone, falling) kě (third tone, dipping)to approve
• 认同/認同rèn (fourth tone, falling) tóng (second tone, rising)to approve of
• 认出/認出rèn (fourth tone, falling) chū (first tone, high and level)recognition
• 认证/認證rèn (fourth tone, falling) zhèng (fourth tone, falling)to authenticate
• 认知/認知rèn (fourth tone, falling) zhī (first tone, high and level)cognition
• 认得/認得rèn (fourth tone, falling) de (neutral tone)to recognize
• 公认/公認gōng (first tone, high and level) rèn (fourth tone, falling)publicly known (to be)
• 辨认/辨認biàn (fourth tone, falling) rèn (fourth tone, falling)to recognize
• 认错/認錯rèn (fourth tone, falling) cuò (fourth tone, falling)to admit an error