Chinese symbol for “witness”
证人
zhèng rén
Traditional: 證人
witness
The closest CC-CEDICT match for witness is 证人 (zhèng rén), defined as: witness.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “witness”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 目睹 | mù dǔ | to witness; to see at first hand |
| 见证 (見證) | jiàn zhèng | to be witness to; witness |
| 目击 (目擊) | mù jī | to see with one's own eyes; to witness |
| 见证人 (見證人) | jiàn zhèng rén | eyewitness (to an incident); witness (to a legal transaction) |
| 干证 (干證) | gān zhèng | witness (in a law suit) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 证人.
| 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 |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 人们 (人們) | rén men | people |
See also: Japanese symbol for “witness”.
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.