HSK 4 · Verbs

证明 zhèngmíng “proof” in Chinese

Traditional 證明

What 证明 means

  1. proof
  2. certificate
  3. identification
  4. testimonial
  5. to prove
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to testify

Measure word 个 gè · 一个证明 yí ge zhèngmíng

How to say 证明

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale证zhèng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale明míng2nd tone, rising

证明 in a sentence

  1. 我的出生证明呢？

    Wǒ de chūshēng zhèngmíng ne?

    Where’s my birth certificate?

    Sentence #11798469 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 证明 is also a verb, “to prove”

    事实证明了我们的担心是多余的。

    Shìshí zhèngmíng le wǒmen de dānxīn shì duōyú de.

    The facts proved that our worries were unnecessary.

    Sentence #1530408 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 证明 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 证 (zhèng) with each of its parts in a different colour
证zhèngto admonish
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yán
  • 正straight · zhēng
The character 明 (míng) with each of its parts in a different colour
明míngbright
  • 日sun · rì
  • 月moon · yuè

Memory aidThe light of the sun 日 and the moon 月 together: bright.

How to write 证明

证 7 strokes · 明 8 strokes

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证明 (zhèngmíng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 证明 (zhèngmíng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 证明

Words with 证

保证bǎozhèng · guarantee签证qiānzhèng · visa证件zhèngjiàn · certificate证据zhèngjù · evidence论证lùnzhèng · to prove验证yànzhèng · to verify证实zhèngshí · to confirm证书zhèngshū · certificate公证gōngzhèng · notarisation辩证biànzhèng · dialectical

Words with 明

明天míngtiān · tomorrow明年míngnián · next year明白míngbai · clear聪明cōngming · intelligent说明shuōmíng · to explain明确míngquè · clear表明biǎomíng · to make clear发明fāmíng · to invent光明guāngmíng · bright明显míngxiǎn · clear

More words: Thinking & Talking

意见yìjiàn · idea以为yǐwéi · to think (wrongly)原谅yuánliàng · to excuse阅读yuèdú · to read支持zhīchí · to support重视zhòngshì · to take seriously总结zǒngjié · to sum up尊重zūnzhòng · to esteem

FAQs

证明 (zhèngmíng) means “proof” or “certificate”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it zhèngmíng: zhèng with a 4th tone, then míng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 证明 is written 證明. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one proof is 一个证明 (yí ge zhèngmíng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhengming with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 证明 from the suggestions. Typing zhengming into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
证明 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.