| 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 |
| 承认 | chéng rèn | to admit; to concede; to recognize; recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc); to acknowledge |
| 否认 | fǒu rèn | to declare to be untrue; to deny |
| 确认 | què rèn | to confirm; to verify; confirmation |
| 公认 | gōng rèn | publicly known (to be); accepted (as) |
| 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 |
| 感性认识 | gǎn xìng rèn shi | perceptual awareness |
| 理性认识 | lǐ xìng rèn shi | cognition; rational knowledge |
| 认得 | rèn de | to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know |
| 辨认 | biàn rèn | to recognize; to identify |
| 认出 | rèn chū | recognition; to recognize |
| 认可 | rèn kě | to approve; approval; acknowledgment; OK |
| 供认 | gòng rèn | to confess; confession |
| 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) |
| 默认 | mò rèn | to agree tacitly; tacit approval; default (setting) |
| 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 |
| 辩认 | biàn rèn | to distinguish; to examine and recognize |
| 不承认主义 | bù chéng rèn zhǔ yì | policy of non-recognition |
| 不认账 | bù rèn zhàng | not to own up; not to admit a fault |
| 优先认股权 | yōu xiān rèn gǔ quán | preemptive right (in share issue) |
| 六亲不认 | liù qīn bù rèn | no recognising one's family (idiom); self-centered and not making any allowances for the needs of one's relatives |
| 国际公认 | guó jì gōng rèn | internationally recognised |
| 坚决否认 | jiān jué fǒu rèn | to firmly deny |
| 失物认领 | shī wù rèn lǐng | lost and found |
| 宣认 | xuān rèn | public declaration |
| 承认控罪 | chéng rèn kòng zuì | guilty plea (law) |
| 招认 | zhāo rèn | to confess |
| 指认 | zhǐ rèn | to identify |
| 翻脸不认人 | fān liǎn bù rèn rén | to turn against sb; to cut sb off |
| 自认 | zì rèn | to resign oneself to |
| 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 |