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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[rèn]
  1. 1. verb [识] know
  2. 2. verb [建立关系] establish a relationship
  3. 3. verb [承认] admit
    admit defeat
  4. 4. verb [接受吃亏] accept
    这东西贵就贵吧,我了。
    Never mind the expense – I can take it.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[rèn]
  1. 1. verb recognize; know; make out; identify
    笔迹
    try to recognize handwriting
    自己的东西,自己来
    Come and pick out your own things.
    他的字真难
    His handwriting is barely legible. or His handwriting is hard to read.
    我能出他的笔迹。
    办公室有许多没人的衣服。
    你的字写得这么潦草,恐怕连自己也不得吧?
    他病得不人了。
  2. 2. verb enter into a certain relationship with; adopt
    师傅
    apprentice oneself to sb.
    她作闺女
    adopt her as a daughter
    了个干爸。
    我不你这个儿子了!
  3. 3. verb admit; recognize; own
    个不是
    offer an apology; apologize
    他要是向我个不是,我就没气了。
  4. 4. verb undertake to do something
    捐五十元
    undertake to contribute 50 yuan; subscribe 50 yuan
    公债
    subscribe for (government) bonds
    购了壹万元国债。
    捐了三百元钱。
  5. 5. verb (followed by 了) accept as unavoidable; resign oneself to
    这东西一定得买,价钱贵一点我也了。
    I simply must buy it, even if I have to pay a little more for it.
    这事是我吃亏,但我也了。
    I've resigned myself to losing out this time.
    就算我输了,我了。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[rèn]
  1. 1. 识或确定某一对象;辨别
    这是什么字,你帮我
    多年不见,不出来了
    领。
  2. 2. ;表示同意或肯定
    可。
  3. 3. 对本来没有关系或有关系而不明确的人,建立或明确某种关系
    了一门干亲
    贼作父
    本家。
  4. 4. 愿意接受(不如意的情况)
    花点儿冤枉钱我了。
  5. 5. 动 [口] 某物的价值而愿意接受
    我们这儿不大米,只白面
    钱不人。

Examples

得出他的笔体。
I can identify his handwriting. 笔体
这孩子才五岁,已经得不少字了。
The child is only five, and he already knows quite a few characters.
他俩见面不打招呼,仿佛谁也不得谁。
The two of them never greet each other and behave as if they were strangers. 打招呼
我端详了半天,才出来她是小张。
I looked her over for a long time before I recognized her as Xiao Zhang. 端详
干亲
enter into an adoptive relationship 干亲
我只看见个后身,不清是谁。
I couldn't make out who he was as I only saw his back. 后身
她作闺女
adopt her as a daughter
这东西一定得买,价钱贵一点我也了。
I simply must buy it, even if I have to pay a little more for it.
这事是我吃亏,但我也了。
I've resigned myself to losing out this time.
她又病又老,模样变得都不出来了。
Illness and age had changed her appearance beyond recognition. 认出

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