认识
rèn shi
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 認識
To know a person, to have met them; also to recognise something learnt, such as a character or a road. 认识你很高兴 is 'pleased to meet you'; 我不认识这个字 is 'I don't know this character'. For knowing a fact, use 知道 instead. The second syllable has a neutral tone.
Quen, biết một người; cũng là nhận ra, biết một chữ, một con đường mình đã học, đã gặp. 认识你很高兴 là “rất vui được làm quen với bạn”; 我不认识这个字 là “tôi không biết chữ này”. Còn biết một sự việc thì dùng 知道. Chữ sau đọc thanh nhẹ.
VerbRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 063 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ ; en.wiktionary Vietnamese entries via kaikki.org extract, snapshot 2026-07-31 (CC BY-SA 4.0): Hán-Việt reading 识/識 = thức · Vietnamese false friend: Idiomer entry “nhận thức” (nhan-thuc). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “认识” mean?
To know a person, to have met them; also to recognise something learnt, such as a character or a road. 认识你很高兴 is 'pleased to meet you'; 我不认识这个字 is 'I don't know this character'. For knowing a fact, use 知道 instead. The second syllable has a neutral tone. Literally: recognise and know
Is “认识” formal or informal?
认识 is generally neutral.