"acknowledge" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 承认 承認 | to admit / to concede / to recognize / recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc) / to acknowledge | syn | |
| 相认 相認 | to know each other / to recognize / to identify / to acknowledge (an old relationship) | ||
| 认同 認同 | to approve of / to endorse / to acknowledge / to recognize / to identify oneself with | syn | |
| 自认 自認 | to believe (sth in relation to oneself) / to regard oneself as / to acknowledge (sth in relation to oneself) / to resign oneself to | ||
| 答理 | (usu. used in the negative) to acknowledge (sb's greeting etc) / to respond / to answer | syn | |
| 告知收到 | acknowledge |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 不理 | to refuse to acknowledge / to pay no attention to / to take no notice of / to ignore | ||
| 坦言 | to say candidly / to acknowledge frankly | ||
| 认错 認錯 | to admit an error / to acknowledge one's mistake | syn | |
| 臣服 | to acknowledge allegiance to (some regime) / to serve | syn | |
| 耍赖 耍賴 | to act shamelessly / to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc / to act dumb / to act as if sth never happened | syn | |
| 承运 承運 | to provide transport / to accept the Mandate of Heaven / to acknowledge one's calling to be emperor | ||
| 承兑 承兌 | (commerce) to accept (i.e. acknowledge as calling for payment) / to honor (a check, a promise) | ||
| 不买账 不買賬 | not to acknowledge sb as senior or superior / not to believe sth / don't buy it (slang) | ||
| 认亲 認親 | to acknowledge sb as one's relative / to acknowledge kinship / (old) to visit new in-laws after a marriage | ||
| 认贼作父 認賊作父 | lit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom) / fig. a complete betrayal / to sell oneself to the enemy | syn | |
| 买帐 買帳 | to acknowledge sb as senior or superior (often in negative) / to accept (a version of events) / to buy it | syn | |
| 故步自封 | stuck in the old ways (idiom) / refusing to acknowledge new ideas / stagnating and conservative | syn | |
| 认账 認賬 | to own up to a fault / to admit the truth / to acknowledge a debt | syn | |
| 拜 | to bow to / to pay one's respects / (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion) / to make a courtesy call / (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony / to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc) / (used before some verbs to indicate politeness) | syn | |
| 服软 服軟 | to admit defeat / to give in / to acknowledge a mistake / to apologize / to be amenable to persuasion | syn | |
| 鸵鸟政策 鴕鳥政策 | ostrich policy (sticking one's head in the sand, failing to acknowledge danger) | ||
| 受礼 受禮 | to accept a gift / to acknowledge greetings | ||
| 懒得搭理 懶得搭理 | not wishing to acknowledge sb / unwilling to respond | ||
| 拜人为师 拜人為師 | to acknowledge as one's teacher | ||
| 知过改过 知過改過 | to acknowledge one's faults and correct them (idiom) |