HSK 5 · Verbs

确认 quèrèn “to confirm” in Chinese

Traditional 確認

What 确认 means

  1. to confirm
  2. to verify
  3. confirmation

How to say 确认

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale确què4th 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

确认 in a sentence

  1. 我想要再确认一下我的航班。

    Wǒ xiǎngyào zài quèrèn yíxià wǒ de hángbān.

    I’d like to reconfirm my flight.

    Sentence #3078793 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 出去之前确认一下所有的灯都关了。

    Chūqù zhīqián quèrèn yíxià suǒyǒu de dēng dōu guān le.

    Before you go out, check that all the lights are off.

    Sentence #845135 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我既不能确认也不能否定。

    Wǒ jì bùnéng quèrèn yě bùnéng fǒudìng.

    I can neither confirm nor deny it.

    Sentence #5933767 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 确认 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 确 (què) with each of its parts in a different colour
确quèauthenticated
  • 石stone · shíMeaning part
  • 角horn · jiǎoSound part

石 hints at the meaning (stone); 角 (jiǎo) hints at the sound. Compare it with què.

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 确认

确 12 strokes · 认 4 strokes

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

Words related to 确认

Words with 确

正确zhèngquè · correct准确zhǔnquè · accurate确实quèshí · indeed明确míngquè · clear确定quèdìng · to confirm的确díquè · really确信quèxìn · to be convinced确保quèbǎo · to ensure确立quèlì · to establish精确jīngquè · accurate

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

强调qiángdiào · to emphasise (a statement)请求qǐngqiú · to request劝quàn · to advise确定quèdìng · to confirm善于shànyú · to be good at实话shíhuà · truth说不定shuōbudìng · can’t say for sure说服shuōfú · to persuade

FAQs

确认 (quèrèn) means “to confirm” or “to verify”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it quèrèn: què 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, 确认 is written 確認. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type queren with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 确认 from the suggestions. Typing queren into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
确认 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.