HSK 5 · Verbs

否认 fǒurèn “to declare to be untrue” in Chinese

Traditional 否認

What 否认 means

  1. to declare to be untrue
  2. to deny

How to say 否认

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale否fǒu3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale认rèn4th tone, falling

否认 in a sentence

  1. 他否认偷了钱。

    Tā fǒurèn tōu le qián.

    He denied having stolen the money.

    Sentence #437447 from Tatoeba

  2. 我们无法否认，他确实是很诚实的人。

    Wǒmen wúfǎ fǒurèn, tā quèshí shì hěn chéngshí de rén.

    We can’t deny that he’s a really honest person.

    Sentence #8500211 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 没人会否认的。

    Méi rén huì fǒurèn de.

    Nobody would deny that.

    Sentence #13138793 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 否认 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 否 (fǒu) with each of its parts in a different colour
否fǒuto negate
  • 不no · bùMeaning part
  • 口mouth · kǒuSound part

不 hints at the meaning (no); 口 (kǒu) hints at the sound. Compare it with fǒu.

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 否认

否 7 strokes · 认 4 strokes

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

Words related to 否认

Words with 否

否则fǒuzé · otherwise是否shìfǒu · whether (or not)否定fǒudìng · to negate否决fǒujué · to veto

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确认quèrèn · to confirm辨认biànrèn · to identify公认gōngrèn · generally recognised认定rèndìng · to be convinced认可rènkě · to approve

More words: Thinking & Talking

分别fēnbié · to part分析fēnxī · to analyse讽刺fěngcì · to satirise否定fǒudìng · to negate概括gàikuò · to summarise感受gǎnshòu · to feel感想gǎnxiǎng · impressions告别gàobié · to say goodbye

FAQs

否认 (fǒurèn) means “to declare to be untrue” or “to deny”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it fǒurèn: fǒu with a 3rd 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, 否认 is written 否認. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fouren with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 否认 from the suggestions. Typing fouren into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
否认 is an HSK 5 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.