自認

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	to recognize; to know; to admit
trad. (自認)		自	認
simp. (自认)		自	认

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zìrèn

(Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄖㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ jing⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhṳ-ngin

(Hailu, HRS): cii^˖ ngin^˖
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chū-jīn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zìrèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄖㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zìhrèn
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-jên⁴
  - Yale: dz̀-rèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhrenn
  - Palladius: цзыжэнь (czyžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐən⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    自任
    自認 / 自认
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi⁶ jing⁶
  - Yale: jih yihng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ jing⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ ying⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² jɪŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ-ngin
  - Hakka Romanization System: cii ngin
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ci⁴ ngin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ ŋin⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: cii^˖ ngin^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ³³ ŋin³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-jīn
  - Tâi-lô: tsū-jīn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuxjin
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ d͡zin²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su⁴¹⁻²² d͡zin⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ d͡zin²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ d͡zin³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ zin³³/

Verb

自認

to resign oneself to; to accept
to believe; to acknowledge

Japanese

Kanji in this term
自	認
じ Grade: 2	にん Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じにん [jìníń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑiɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun

自(じ)認(にん) • (jinin) ^{←じにん (zinin)^?}

Derived terms

性自認(せいじにん) (seijinin)

Verb

自(じ)認(にん)する • (jinin suru) ^{←じにん (zinin)^?}suru (stem 自(じ)認(にん)し (jinin shi), past 自(じ)認(にん)した (jinin shita))

to personally recognize

Conjugation

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

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“自認”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026