Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
证
zhèng
Description
"证"可以表示官方发给你的一张卡或一本本子，用来说明你是谁。
"证" can refer to an official card or booklet issued to you to prove your identity.
它也可以是动词，意思是用事实说明一件事是真的。
It can also be a verb meaning to prove something is true with facts.
Meanings
证zhèng
certificate; card proving identity or qualification
请给我看一下你的学生证。
Please show me your student ID.
证明zhèngmíng
to prove; to demonstrate something is true
我可以证明他没有说谎。
I can prove that he didn't lie.
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Notes
- Etymology
simplified from 證; the 讠 radical means "speech/words", relating to verbal proof.
- Nuance
as a noun, 证 rarely stands alone—usually in compounds like 学生证, 身份证.
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