认识
Pinyin: rèn shì
to know (someone)
Example sentence
认识你很高兴。
Rènshì nǐ hěn gāoxìng.
Nice to meet you.
What 认识 means
认识 (rèn shì) is a Chinese word meaning “to know (someone)”. It belongs to the Actions & Verbs topic and appears at HSK 1, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.