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真

zhēn

HSK 2 Character

What 真 means

1. really
2. truly
3. indeed
4. real
5. true
6. genuine

Example sentences

• 真的？
  You don't say.
• 真好！
  Great!
• 真疼。
  That hurts.
• 真好。
  That's really nice.
• 真晚！
  So late!
• 真丢人！
  Zhēn diūrén!
  What a shame!

Words starting with 真

• 真的zhēn dereally; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine; (math) proper
• 真正zhēn zhènggenuine; real; true; really; indeed
• 真实zhēn shítrue; real
• 真理zhēn lǐtruth
• 真相zhēn xiàngthe truth about sth; the actual facts
• 真挚zhēn zhìsincere; sincerity
• 真诚zhēn chéngsincere; genuine; true
• 真心zhēn xīnwholeheartedness; sincerity
• 真实性zhēn shí xìngauthenticity; truthfulness; veracity
• 真情zhēn qíngreal situation; the truth; true emotions; true feelings
• 真人zhēn réna real person; Daoist spiritual master
• 真切zhēn qièvivid; distinct; clear
• 真假zhēn jiǎgenuine or fake; true or false
• 真是的zhēn shi deReally! (interj. of annoyance or frustration)
• 真空zhēn kōng(physics) vacuum; (fig.) vacuum; (slang) to not wear underwear
• 真谛zhēn dìthe real meaning; the true essence
• 真面目zhēn miàn mùtrue identity; true colors
• 真主Zhēn zhǔAllah
• 真伪zhēn wěitrue or bogus; authenticity
• 真言zhēn yántrue statement; incantation (translates Sanskrit: dharani 陀罗尼)
• 真皮zhēn pí(anatomy) dermis; genuine leather
• 真个zhēn gè(dialect) really; truly; indeed
• 真丝zhēn sīsilk; pure silk
• 真相大白zhēn xiàng dà báithe whole truth is revealed (idiom); everything becomes clear

Words containing 真

• 认真rèn zhēnconscientious; earnest; serious
• 传真chuán zhēnto fax; a fax; (literary) to portray vividly in painting
• 天真tiān zhēnnaive; innocent; artless
• 清真qīng zhēnIslamic; Muslim; halal (of food)
• 写真xiě zhēnportrait; to describe sth accurately
• 纯真chún zhēninnocent and unaffected; pure and unadulterated
• 当真dàng zhēnto take seriously; serious; No joking, really!
• 果真guǒ zhēnreally; as expected; sure enough
• 清真寺qīng zhēn sìmosque
• 说真的shuō zhēn deto tell the truth; honestly; in fact
• 逼真bī zhēnlifelike; true to life; distinctly
• 仿真fǎng zhēnto emulate; to simulate; emulation
• 货真价实huò zhēn jià shí(lit.) genuine goods at fair prices (idiom); (fig.) genuine; real; true
• 千真万确qiān zhēn wàn quèabsolutely true (idiom); manifold; true from many points of view
• 彭真Péng ZhēnPeng Zhen (1902-1997), Chinese communist leader
• 失真shī zhēnto lack fidelity; (signal) distortion
• 信以为真xìn yǐ wéi zhēnto take sth to be true
• 传真机chuán zhēn jīfax machine
• 归真guī zhēnto die (Buddhism); to return to Allah (Islam)
• 较真jiào zhēnserious; meticulous; nitpicky; to take sth (or sb) seriously
• 率真shuài zhēnfrank and sincere; candid
• 天真烂漫tiān zhēn làn màn(idiom) innocent and unaffected
• 女真Nǚ zhēnJurchen, a Tungus ethnic group, predecessor of the Manchu ethnic group who founded the…
• 本真běn zhēntrue nature; original state; true to one's nature; genuine and unpretentious

Characters that look like 真

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 离líto leave; to part from; to be away from
• 莫mòdo not; there is none who
• 桌zhuōtable; desk; classifier for tables of guests at a banquet etc
• 衷zhōnginner feelings
• 巢cháonest
• 奚xī(literary) what?; where?; why?

Sounds the same

Read zhēn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 针needle; pin; injection
• 珍precious thing; treasure; culinary delicacy
• 侦to scout; to spy; to detect
• 斟to pour; to deliberate
• 贞chaste
• 臻to arrive; to reach (esp. perfection); utmost
• 帧frame; classifier for paintings etc; Taiwan pr. zhèng
• 榛(bound form) hazelnut tree (Corylus heterophylla)
• 桢(old) privet (genus Ligustrum); (bound form; old) wooden support placed at the ends of a…
• 甄to distinguish; to evaluate
• 砧anvil
• 祯auspicious; lucky