| 认为 | rèn wéi | to believe; to think; to consider; to feel |
| 认识 | rèn shi | to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; acquainted with sth; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition |
| 认 | rèn | to recognize; to know; to admit |
| 认真 | rèn zhēn | conscientious; earnest; serious; to take seriously; to take to heart |
| 认定 | rèn dìng | to maintain (that sth is true); to determine (a fact); determination (of an amount); of the firm opinion; to believe firmly; to set one's mind on; to identify with |
| 认识论 | rèn shi lùn | epistemology (in philosophy, the theory of how we know things) |
| 认清 | rèn qīng | to see clearly; to recognize |
| 认得 | rèn de | to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know |
| 认出 | rèn chū | recognition; to recognize |
| 认可 | rèn kě | to approve; approval; acknowledgment; OK |
| 认错 | rèn cuò | to admit an error; to acknowledge one's mistake |
| 认作 | rèn zuò | to regard as; to view; to consider sth as; to treat as |
| 认罪 | rèn zuì | to admit guilt; to plead guilty |
| 认领 | rèn lǐng | to claim (as one's property); to adopt (a child); to accept (an illegitimate child as one's own) |
| 认证 | rèn zhèng | to authenticate; to approve |
| 认购 | rèn gòu | to undertake to purchase sth; to subscribe (to share issue) |
| 认字 | rèn zì | literate; knowing how to read |
| 认不出 | rèn bu chū | not able to recognize |
| 认人 | rèn rén | to recognize people (of babies); to be able to tell people apart |
| 认人儿 | rèn rénr | erhua variant of 认人, to recognize people (of babies); to be able to tell people apart |
| 认同 | rèn tóng | identify; approve; acknowledge |
| 认命 | rèn mìng | to accept misfortunes as decreed by fate; to be resigned to sth |
| 认明 | rèn míng | to identify; to authenticate |
| 认死扣儿 | rèn sǐ kòur | stubborn |
| 认死理 | rèn sǐ lǐ | stubborn |
| 认死理儿 | rèn sǐ lǐr | erhua variant of 认死理, stubborn |
| 认准 | rèn zhǔn | to believe firmly |
| 认生 | rèn shēng | shy with strangers |
| 认知 | rèn zhī | cognition; to acknowledge |
| 认知失调 | rèn zhī shī tiáo | cognitive dissonance |
| 认知神经心理学 | rèn zhī shén jīng xīn lǐ xué | cognitive neuropsychology |
| 认罚 | rèn fá | to accept punishment |
| 认脚 | rèn jiǎo | to know your right shoe from your left (colloquial); to know which of two you want |
| 认亲 | rèn qīn | to visit new in-laws after a marriage |
| 认识不能 | rèn shi bù néng | agnosia |
| 认贼作父 | rèn zéi zuò fù | lit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom); fig. a complete betrayal; to sell oneself to the enemy |
| 认赔 | rèn péi | to agree to pay compensation; to accept liability |
| 认账 | rèn zhàng | to own up to a fault; to admit the truth; to acknowledge a debt |
| 认输 | rèn shū | to concede; to admit defeat |
| 认头 | rèn tóu | to accept defeat; to recognize losing |