Mummy! Give me my alphabet book!
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
认字
to learn to read
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to learn to read
02
able to read; literate
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 认字 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 认字 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
I remember my mother teaching me the alphabet.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 认字.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 认字.
Directly before
- 我认字1
- 把认字1
Directly after
- 认字书1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 认字
What does 认字 mean in Chinese?
认字 (rènzì) means to learn to read.
How do you pronounce 认字?
认字 is pronounced rènzì.
Is 认字 an HSK word?
认字 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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