HSK 6 · Verbs

公认 gōngrèn “generally recognised” in Chinese

Traditional 公認

What 公认 means

  1. generally recognised
  2. universally acknowledged
  3. publicly known (to be)
  4. accepted (as)

How to say 公认

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale公gōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale认rèn4th tone, falling

公认 in a sentence

  1. 他的技术是公认的。

    Tā de jìshù shì gōngrèn de.

    His skill is widely recognised.

    Sentence #345279 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 公认 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 公 (gōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
公gōngpublic
  • 八eight · bā
  • 厶private · sī

Memory aidAn old explanation: share out 八 what is private 厶, and it becomes public.

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 公认

公 4 strokes · 认 4 strokes

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

Words related to 公认

Words with 公

公司gōngsī · company公交车gōngjiāochē · public transport vehicle公共汽车gōnggòng qìchē · bus公斤gōngjīn · kilogram公园gōngyuán · public park办公室bàngōngshì · office公里gōnglǐ · kilometre高速公路gāosùgōnglù · motorway外公wàigōng · grandpa (mother’s father)公元gōngyuán · CE (Common Era)

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辨认biànrèn · to identify认定rèndìng · to be convinced认可rènkě · to approve

More words: Thinking & Talking

告辞gàocí · to take leave告诫gàojiè · to warn各抒己见gèshūjǐjiàn · everyone voices their own opinion歌颂gēsòng · to sing the praises of构思gòusī · to conceive (an idea or plot)鼓动gǔdòng · to stir up辜负gūfù · to let down过奖guòjiǎng · you flatter me

FAQs

公认 (gōngrèn) means “generally recognised” or “universally acknowledged”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gōngrèn: gōng with a 1st 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, 公认 is written 公認. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gongren with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 公认 from the suggestions. Typing gongren into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
公认 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.