認同

See also: 认同

Chinese

		to recognize; to know; to admit	like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with
trad. (認同)		認	同
simp. (认同)		认	同

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rèntóng

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁶ tung⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngin-thùng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): līm-tông / jīm-tông

(Teochew, Peng'im): ring⁷ dang⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rèntóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rèntóng
  - Wade–Giles: jên⁴-tʻung²
  - Yale: rèn-túng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renntorng
  - Palladius: жэньтун (žɛnʹtun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən⁵¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jing⁶ tung⁴
  - Yale: yihng tùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁶ tung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ying⁶ tung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²² tʰʊŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngin-thùng
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngin tung^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngin⁴ tung²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋin⁵⁵ tʰuŋ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: līm-tông
  - Tâi-lô: līm-tông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lixmdoong
  - IPA (Taipei): /lim³³⁻¹¹ tɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lim⁴¹⁻²² tɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lim²²⁻²¹ tɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jīm-tông
  - Tâi-lô: jīm-tông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jixmdoong
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /zim³³⁻²¹ tɔŋ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zim²²⁻²¹ tɔŋ¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ring⁷ dang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jīng tâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡ziŋ¹¹ taŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

認同

to approve; to recognize; to endorse
to identify with

Synonyms

(to approve):

允諾 / 允诺 (yǔnnuò)
同意 (tóngyì)
壋頭 / 垱头 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, figurative)
應 / 应 (yīng)
批准 (pīzhǔn)
承認 / 承认 (chéngrèn)
擁護 / 拥护 (yōnghù)
答應 / 答应 (dāyìng)
認可 / 认可 (rènkě)
贊同 / 赞同 (zàntóng)
贊成 / 赞成 (zànchéng)
附合 (fùhé) (literary, to echo)
附和 (fùhè) (to echo)
附議 / 附议 (fùyì)
首肯 (shǒukěn) (literary)
點頭 / 点头 (diǎntóu) (figurative)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “to approve”):

回絕 / 回绝 (huíjué)
屏絕 / 屏绝 (bǐngjué)
拒 (jù) (formal, or in compounds)
拒絕 / 拒绝 (jùjué)
摒絕 / 摒绝 (bìngjué)

Noun

認同

(psychology, sociology) identification; identity

Derived terms

性別認同 / 性别认同 (xìngbié rèntóng, “gender identity”)
文化認同 / 文化认同 (wénhuà rèntóng, “cultural identity”)
認同感 / 认同感 (rèntónggǎn)