認真
rèn​zhēn HSK1

serious

认真 認真 rèn​zhēn
serious adjective
serious; earnest; conscientious; showing careful attention to detail

我希望你认真对待我。

wǒ xī​wàng nǐ rèn​zhēn duì​dài wǒ.

I want you to take me seriously.

这些故事不必认真考虑。

zhè​xiē gù​shi bù​bì rèn​zhēn kǎo​lǜ.

These stories need not be taken seriously.

to take seriously verb + adjective
to take something seriously; to take as real or true

我就是不能认真对待他们。

wǒ jiù​shì bù​néng rèn zhēn duì​dài tā​men.

I just can’t take them seriously.

请认真对待这个责任。

qǐng rèn zhēn duì​dài zhè​ge zé​rèn.

Please take this responsibility seriously.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
90.9 per million appears in 32% of films
Written text
122.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 1

Cross-References

Antonym

Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)