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验证 (yàn zhèng) — to verify, to validate, to authenticate

Definition

验证 is 'to verify / validate' — testing whether something (a password, theory, result) actually works or is true. Stronger and more empirical than 确认 ('to confirm'), and more formal than the everyday 核实.

verb
to verifyto validateto authenticate

Examples

  • 。
    Qǐng xiān yàn zhèng yí xià nǐ de mì mǎ.
    Please verify your password first.
  • 验证。
    Kē xué jiā yòng shí yàn yàn zhèng le zhè ge lǐ lùn.
    The scientist validated this theory through experiments.
  • 验证。
    Dēng lù wǎng zhàn xū yào yàn zhèng shǒu jī hào mǎ.
    Logging into the website requires verifying your phone number.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

验yàntest
证zhèngprove

验证 combines 验 (test) and 证 (prove), giving the sense of checking something and showing it is true.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 驗; 验 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
馬馬mǎ
Sound part声符shēngfú
僉
僉qiān驗yàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 驗 pairs 馬 (horse) with 僉 for sound; the simplified 验 is a later abbreviation.

Open 验 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 證; 证 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
登
登dēng證zhèng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 證 pairs 言, a words/speech part, with 登 as a sound clue; the simplified 证 is a later shorthand.

Open 证 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 6HSK 2.0 Level 6Thinking & Cognition

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