识别/識別 shí bié — to distinguish

Meanings

1. 1

   to distinguish

   to distinguish; to discern

   verb

Character breakdown

• 识/識

  shí (second tone, rising) zhì (fourth tone, falling)

  to know, to recognise; knowledge; (zhì) to record, an inscription

  7 strokes⿰讠只Radical 言

Words containing 识

• 认识/認識rènshi (fourth tone, falling)to know, to be acquainted with (a person)
• 意识/意識yì (fourth tone, falling) shí (second tone, rising)consciousness
• 知识/知識zhī (first tone, high and level) shi (neutral tone)intellectual
• 见识/見識jiàn (fourth tone, falling) shi (neutral tone)to gain first-hand knowledge of sth
• 共识/共識gòng (fourth tone, falling) shí (second tone, rising)common understanding
• 识/識shí (second tone, rising)to know
• 相识/相識xiāng (first tone, high and level) shí (second tone, rising)to get to know each other
• 常识/常識cháng (second tone, rising) shí (second tone, rising)common sense
• 结识/結識jié (second tone, rising) shí (second tone, rising)to get to know sb
• 识字/識字shí (second tone, rising) zì (fourth tone, falling)to learn to read
• 知识分子/知識分子zhī (first tone, high and level) shi (neutral tone) fèn (fourth tone, falling) zǐ (third tone, dipping)intellectual
• 下意识/下意識xià (fourth tone, falling) yì (fourth tone, falling) shí (second tone, rising)subconscious mind
• 似曾相识/似曾相識sì (fourth tone, falling) céng (second tone, rising) xiāng (first tone, high and level) shí (second tone, rising)déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time)
• 素不相识/素不相識sù (fourth tone, falling) bù (fourth tone, falling) xiāng (first tone, high and level) shí (second tone, rising)to be total strangers (idiom)
• 见多识广/見多識廣jiàn (fourth tone, falling) duō (first tone, high and level) shí (second tone, rising) guǎng (third tone, dipping)experienced and knowledgeable (idiom)