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认真

rènzhēn

serious, conscientious

HSK 1 · Topic “Feelings” Feelings & character
serious, conscientious
Memory picture

Characters in this word

认 rèn

Strokes
4
Radical
讠 — words, speech
Made of
讠 words, speech 人 man, person
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 认

真 zhēn

Strokes
10
Radical
目 — eye
Made of
直 straight, vertical 几 small table
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 他学习很认真。 Tā xuéxí hěn rènzhēn. He studies very conscientiously.
  • 她工作很认真。 Tā gōngzuò hěn rènzhēn. She works very conscientiously.
  • 他看书很认真。 Tā kàn shū hěn rènzhēn. He reads very carefully.
  • 请认真听课。 Qǐng rènzhēn tīng kè. Please listen carefully in class.
  • 她做事很认真。 Tā zuò shì hěn rènzhēn. She does things conscientiously.
  • 你认真看了吗? Nǐ rènzhēn kàn le ma? Did you look carefully?
  • 他上课不认真。 Tā shàngkè bù rènzhēn. He isn't attentive in class.
  • 请认真写汉字。 Qǐng rènzhēn xiě hànzì. Please write the Chinese characters carefully.
  • 小王认真吗? Xiǎo Wáng rènzhēn ma? Is Xiao Wang conscientious?
  • 她在家认真做事。 Tā zài jiā rènzhēn zuò shì. She works conscientiously at home.

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