验证 (yànzhèng) — to verify; to validate; verification

验证 (yànzhèng)

验证 means to verify, validate, or confirm the correctness, authenticity, or legitimacy of something through testing, evidence, or official checking, and is essential in scientific, legal, and digital security contexts.

Meanings

1. [verb] to verify; to validate; to confirm through evidence or testing
2. [noun] verification; validation; authentication

Example Sentences

科学假设必须经过实验验证才能被认可为科学理论。 Kēxué jiǎshè bìxū jīngguò shíyàn yànzhèng cái néng bèi rènkě wéi kēxué lǐlùn. A scientific hypothesis must be verified through experiments before it can be accepted as a scientific theory.

请输入您收到的六位验证码以完成账号注册。 Qǐng shūrù nín shōudào de liù wèi yànzhèng mǎ yǐ wánchéng zhànghào zhùcè. Please enter the six-digit verification code you received to complete account registration.

这项新技术还需要大量的实际数据来验证其可靠性。 Zhè xiàng xīn jìshù hái xūyào dàliàng de shíjì shùjù lái yànzhèng qí kěkàoxìng. This new technology still needs a large amount of real-world data to verify its reliability.

身份验证是保护用户账户安全的基本手段。 Shēnfèn yànzhèng shì bǎohù yònghù zhànghù ānquán de jīběn shǒuduàn. Identity verification is a basic means of protecting the security of user accounts.

他通过查阅原始文献验证了这位历史学家的论断。 Tā tōngguò cháyuè yuánshǐ wénxiàn yànzhèngle zhè wèi lìshǐxuéjiā de lùnduàn. He verified the historian's argument by consulting original documents.

临床试验的目的是验证新药物在人体中的有效性和安全性。 Línchuáng shìyàn de mùdì shì yànzhèng xīn yàowù zài réntǐ zhōng de yǒuxiàoxìng hé ānquánxìng. The purpose of clinical trials is to verify the effectiveness and safety of new drugs in the human body.

Collocations

Usage Notes

验证 is widely used in three major domains: science (experimental verification of hypotheses), law/administration (verifying identity or documents), and technology (digital authentication, verification codes). The compound 验证码 (verification code/captcha) is encountered daily in Chinese digital life.

Compare with 证明 (zhèngmíng, to prove), which results in establishing a truth definitively, while 验证 focuses more on the process of checking and testing to confirm something.

Memory Hook

验 (to inspect/examine) + 证 (to certify/prove) = to inspect and certify -- to check and verify.