身份证 shēnfènzhèng identity card
identity card; ID
怎么记住“身份证”: 身 body + 份 measure word for portions and documents + 证 prove = identity card.
汉字
用法
- The Chinese national ID card - an essential, fixed term, not something you paraphrase.
- 出示身份证 (show your ID), 办身份证 (apply for an ID card), needed for hotels, trains, banks, SIM cards.
- Frequently shortened in speech to just 证件 (ID/documents) when the type is obvious from context.
- High-frequency practical vocabulary for anyone living in or visiting China.
例句
- 这是我的身份证。 Zhè shì wǒ de shēnfènzhèng.This is my I.D. card.