认真 rènzhēn▶ serio, sincero

Stroke order

认真 is written in 14 strokes across 2 characters.

• 认 — 4 strokes
• 真 — 10 strokes

Senses

1. conscientious
2. earnest
3. serious
4. to take seriously
5. to take to heart

Example sentences

• 她学习非常认真。Tā xuéxí fēicháng rènzhēn.She studies very earnestly.
• 请认真听老师讲课。Qǐng rènzhēn tīng lǎoshī jiǎngkè.Please listen to the teacher carefully.

Related words

• 认为pensar
• 真realmente, de verdad
• 传真Fax
• 真正real, verdadero
• 否认negar
• 天真ingenuo

认真 is pronounced rènzhēn and means “serio, sincero”. It belongs to the HSK 3 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 认真 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.