承認

See also: 承认

Chinese

to bear; to carry; to hold
to bear; to carry; to hold; to continue; to undertake; to take charge; owing to; due to; to receive
 
to recognize; to know; to admit
trad. (承認)
simp. (承认)

Pronunciation


Note: sêng5 rêng7 - Jieyang.

Verb

承認 (transitive)

  1. to admit; to concede; to acknowledge; to confess
    承認承认  ―  chéngrèn shuō cuò huà  ―  to admit to saying the wrong thing
  2. to recognise (diplomatically)

Synonyms

  • (to admit): (literary, or in compounds) (rèn), (Puxian Min) 承受 (chéngshòu)
  • (to confess):
  • (to recognise):

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of to admit): 否定 (fǒudìng), 否認否认 (fǒurèn)
  • (antonym(s) of to recognise):

Derived terms

  • 國家承認 / 国家承认
  • 坦承 (tǎnchéng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: 6
にん
Grade: 6
on'yomi

Etymology

From (shō, agree to) + (nin, recognize).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しょーにん [shòóníń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕo̞ːɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun

(しょう)(にん) • (shōnin

  1. approval, recognition

Derived terms

Verb

(しょう)(にん)する • (shōnin surutransitive suru (stem (しょう)(にん) (shōnin shi), past (しょう)(にん)した (shōnin shita))

  1. approve
    • 2023 November 10, 吉田統彦, quotee, “第212回国会 衆議院 厚生労働委員会 第3号 令和5年11月10日”, in 国会会議録検索システム[1], 国立国会図書館, retrieved 10 January 2026:
      生理活性、薬理活性が分からない薬を承認するというのは、世界で珍しいです。
      Seiri kassei, yakuri kassei ga wakaranai kusuri o shōnin suru to iu no wa, sekai de mezurashii desu.
      It is rare in the world to approve a drug whose physiological and pharmacological activity is unknown.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "承認する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 承認し しょうにんし shōnin shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 承認し しょうにんし shōnin shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 承認する しょうにんする shōnin suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 承認する しょうにんする shōnin suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 承認すれ しょうにんすれ shōnin sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 承認せよ¹
承認しろ²
しょうにんせよ¹
しょうにんしろ²
shōnin seyo¹
shōnin shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 承認される しょうにんされる shōnin sareru
Causative 承認させる
承認さす
しょうにんさせる
しょうにんさす
shōnin saseru
shōnin sasu
Potential 承認できる しょうにんできる shōnin dekiru
Volitional 承認しよう しょうにんしよう shōnin shiyō
Negative 承認しない しょうにんしない shōnin shinai
Negative continuative 承認せず しょうにんせず shōnin sezu
Formal 承認します しょうにんします shōnin shimasu
Perfective 承認した しょうにんした shōnin shita
Conjunctive 承認して しょうにんして shōnin shite
Hypothetical conditional 承認すれば しょうにんすれば shōnin sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

Antonyms

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

承認 • (seung'in) (hangeul 승인)

  1. hanja form? of 승인 (approval, recognition)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Verb

承認

  1. chữ Hán form of thừa nhận (to recognise; to admit)