認識

認識 (transitive)

1. (Mandarin) to know (somebody); to be acquainted with

   他是通過電腦紅娘認識他妻子的。 [MSC, trad.]
   他是通过电脑红娘认识他妻子的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā shì tōngguò diànnǎo hóngniáng rènshi tā qīzi de.

   He met his wife through a computer dating agency.

2. to recognize (somebody or something)

   好像他根本就不認識周圍的任何人。 [MSC, trad.]
   好像他根本就不认识周围的任何人。 [MSC, simp.]

   Hǎoxiàng tā gēnběn jiù bù rènshi zhōuwéi de rènhé rén.

   It seems he does not recognize any people around him.

3. to know; to understand; to be familiar with

   你認識所有的字母嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
   你认识所有的字母吗？ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ rènshi suǒyǒu de zìmǔ ma?

   Do you know your ABCs?

   你不認識字嗎？／你不认识字吗？  ―  Nǐ bù rènshi zì ma?  ―  Can't you read?

   我們解決一個問題必先認識這個問題的本質。 [MSC, trad.]
   我们解决一个问题必先认识这个问题的本质。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒmen jiějué yīge wèntí bì xiān rènshi zhè ge wèntí de běnzhì.

   To solve a problem we must first understand its nature.

4. to be aware of; to appreciate

   現在越來越多的人認識到環境保護的重要性。 [MSC, trad.]
   现在越来越多的人认识到环境保护的重要性。 [MSC, simp.]

   Xiànzài yuèláiyuè duō de rén rènshi dào huánjìngbǎohù de zhòngyàoxìng.

   Now more and more people are aware of the importance of environmental protection.

The sense "to be aware of; to appreciate" is often followed by the verb 到 (dào).

• (to know somebody):

• (to recognize): 認得／认得 (rènde)
• (to understand):

認識

1. knowledge; understanding; cognition

   認識過程／认识过程  ―  rènshi guòchéng  ―  cognitive process

• 曉得／晓得 (xiǎode)
• 知道 (zhīdao)
• 識認／识认 (shírèn)

From Old Japanese compound 認識／认识 (nyin^H syik, literally “know, recognize; know, remember”). Compare modern Mandarin rènshi, Eastern Min nêng-sék.

• (Tokyo) にんしき (Heiban – )^[1][2]
• IPA^(key):

認(にん)識(しき) • (ninshiki) 

1. recognition, awareness
2. understanding

   その認識(にんしき)で正(ただ)しいと思(おも)う。

   Sono ninshiki de tadashii to omou.

   I believe you are correct.

   (literally, “I believe your understanding is correct.”)

3. (computing) recognition

   音声(おんせい)認識(にんしき)

   onsei ninshiki

   speech recognition

認(にん)識(しき)する • (ninshiki suru) transitive suru (stem 認(にん)識(しき)し (ninshiki shi), past 認(にん)識(しき)した (ninshiki shita))

1. to recognize something, to be aware of something
2. to understand something
3. (computing) to recognize something

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

認識 • (insik) (hangeul 인식)

1. hanja form^? of 인식 (“recognition”)

認識

1. chữ Hán form of nhận thức (“awareness”).