HSK 6 · Verbs

辨认 biànrèn “to identify” in Chinese

Traditional 辨認

What 辨认 means

  1. to identify
  2. to recognise

How to say 辨认

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale辨biàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale认rèn4th tone, falling

辨认 in a sentence

  1. 这张照片太旧了，很难辨认。

    Zhè zhāng zhàopiàn tài jiù le, hěn nán biànrèn.

    This photo is so old it’s hard to make anything out.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 你能辨认出这是谁的字吗？

    Nǐ néng biànrèn chū zhè shì shéi de zì ma?

    Can you tell whose handwriting this is?

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 辨认 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 辨 (biàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
辨biànto distinguish
  • 辛bitter · xīn
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāo
  • 辛bitter · xīn
The character 认 (rèn) with each of its parts in a different colour
认rènto recognise
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 人person · rénSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 人 (rén) hints at the sound. Compare it with rèn.

Memory aidSpeech 讠 and a person 人: to recognise someone, to know them.

How to write 辨认

辨 16 strokes · 认 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 辨认

Words with 辨

分辨fēnbiàn · to distinguish

Words with 认

认识rènshi · to know (someone)认为rènwéi · believe认真rènzhēn · serious认得rènde · to recognise承认chéngrèn · to admit否认fǒurèn · to declare to be untrue确认quèrèn · to confirm公认gōngrèn · generally recognised认定rèndìng · to be convinced认可rènkě · to approve

More words: Thinking & Talking

保密bǎomì · to keep something secret鞭策biāncè · to spur on贬低biǎndī · to belittle辩解biànjiě · to justify表态biǎotài · to state one’s position不敢当bùgǎndāng · I don’t deserve such praise采纳cǎinà · to adopt参谋cānmóu · adviser

FAQs

辨认 (biànrèn) means “to identify” or “to recognise”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it biànrèn: biàn with a 4th tone, then rèn with a 4th 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, 辨认 is written 辨認. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bianren with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 辨认 from the suggestions. Typing bianren into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
辨认 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.