熟知and 熟知 - interchangeable?

[Scoobyqueen]

Is there a difference between 熟知and 熟悉? I have consulted a couple of dictionaries and one seems to indicate that 熟知 means just "being acquainted" whilst

熟悉 is to know well. Please can someone let me know if they are indeed just interchangeable terms.

Cheers in advance.

[ZacYin]

in my opinion, they are interchangeable in most of the sentences..from the literal meaning.熟悉 means u know something well, such as u know some place, some people well.but 熟知 means they know something even better than 熟悉..the extent is different...

[monto]

熟知and 熟悉:

意思基本相同，细微的差别在于：

熟知的内容通常是经过刻意的学习、实践及思考理解而得到的，是要能够表达的。所以你可以熟知天文地理，熟知各种科目。

而熟悉的内容则是没有这个限制的，完全可能是因长期的无意接触而有较高的了解程度。如，有些人你可以通过其声音（语音甚至是脚步声）就能判断是谁。但问到你的判断理由时，你却说不出来。这样的情况下，对这个人声音，你只能说是熟悉，不能说是熟知，虽然你可能熟知其人。

[stephanhodges]

There are several reference books that cover "near synonyms", etc. in Chinese. One of the biggest (and I think best from looking at about 5 different ones in the bookstore) is "1700 Groups of Frequently Used Chinese Synonyms" By Beijing Language and Culture University Press. About 108 yuan ISBN 978-7-5619-1265-2

It has extensive examples, a double index to find any word and it's pair, tables of common usage differences for each set (sometimes more than 2 words).

The Chinese level "seems" to be upper beginner to lower intermediate. That is, I can understand most of it without looking too much up

Another book, which I just got as part of the "review a book" promotion (on a different thread), is a smaller volume called "A Handbook of Chinese Near-Synonyms". ISBN 7-301-07044-6/H 0987 (# of printings) 18 yuan

The smaller book also has extensive English explanations as well as as Chinese explanations and examples. It doesn't have usage tables however. I will be doing a longer review after I've used the book a bit.

All of the Chinese Language Teachers here at HIT (Harbin) have a copy of the first one (above), and I would also say it seems the most comprehensive of the books I've seen.