Chinese symbol for “credentials”
证书
zhèng shū
Traditional: 證書
credentials; certificate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for credentials is 证书 (zhèng shū), defined as: credentials; certificate.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “credentials”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 国书 (國書) | guó shū | credentials (of a diplomat); documents exchanged between nations |
| 证件 (證件) | zhèng jiàn | certificate; papers; credentials; document; ID |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 证书.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 证明 (證明) | zhèng míng | proof; certificate |
| 保证 (保證) | bǎo zhèng | guarantee; to guarantee |
| 证据 (證據) | zhèng jù | evidence; proof |
| 证券 (證券) | zhèng quàn | negotiable security (financial); certificate |
| 证实 (證實) | zhèng shí | to confirm (sth to be true); to verify |
| 认证 (認證) | rèn zhèng | to authenticate; to approve |
| 书记 (書記) | shū ji | secretary (head of a Communist Party or Communist Youth League organization); clerk; scribe |
| 秘书 (秘書) | mì shū | secretary |
See also: Japanese symbol for “credentials”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.