認人

Chinese

		to recognize; to know; to admit	man; person; people
trad. (認人)		認	人
simp. (认人)		认	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rènrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁶ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rènrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rènrén
    • Wade–Giles: jên⁴-jên²
    • Yale: rèn-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rennren
    • Palladius: жэньжэнь (žɛnʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing⁶ jan⁴
    • Yale: yihng yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁶ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁶ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²² jɐn²¹/

Verb

認人

1. to recognize people; to identify someone
2. (regional, usually of a child) to be shy with strangers

Synonyms

• (to be shy with strangers):

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• 怯生 (qièshēng)
• 怕生 (pàshēng)
• 認生 / 认生 (rènshēng)
• 驚生份 / 惊生份 (Hokkien)