Method and device for entity identification

The invention provides a method and a device for entity identification. The method includes: receiving input information, input by a user, of an to-be-identified entity, and acquiring a candidate result set according to the input information; when the candidate result set does not satisfy preset conditions, displaying output information to the user, and receiving input information re-input by the user according to the output information, and reacquiring a candidate result set according to the re-input input information till the candidate result set satisfies the preset conditions; taking results in the candidate result set satisfying the preset conditions as identification results to be displayed to the user. By the method, accuracy of entity identification can be improved, and user experience is improved.