真 zhēn

1. zhēn adjective real; true; genuine
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 真实; variant: 眞 (CCD '真' 1; FE '真' 1; Guoyu '真' adj; Kroll 2015 '真' 2, p. 598; Mathews 1931 '真', p. 36; Unihan '真'; XHZD '真' 1, p. 967)
2. zhēn adverb really; indeed; genuinely
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison , Concept: Degree 程度
   Notes: In the sense of 的确 or 实在 (CCD '真' 2; FE '真' 1; Guoyu '真' adv; Kroll 2015 '真' 3, p. 599; XHZD '真' 2, p. 967)
3. zhēn adjective sincere
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (FE '真' 2; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 1351)
4. zhēn proper noun Zhen
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (CCD '真' 7； FE '真' 3; Guoyu '真' n 5)
5. zhēn adverb clearly; unmistakably
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 清楚 (CCD '真' 3; XHZD '真' 3, p. 967)
6. zhēn noun regular script
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Art
   Notes: In the sense of 真书 (CCD '真' 4; XHZD '真' 4, p. 967)
7. zhēn noun a portrait
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 肖像 (CCD '真' 5; Guoyu '真' n 3; Mathews 1931 '真', p. 37)
8. zhēn noun natural state
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 本性 (CCD '真' 6; Guoyu '真' n 2; Kroll 2015 '真' 1, p. 599; XHZD '真' 5, p. 967)
9. zhēn adjective perfect
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '真' 1b, p. 598)
10. zhēn adjective ideal
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '真' 1c, p. 598)
11. zhēn noun an immortal
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Taoism
    Notes: As in 真人 (Guoyu '真' n 1)
12. zhēn noun a true official appointment
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '真' n 4; Mathews 1931 '真', p. 37)

Contained in

• 真知 real knowledge
• 真理 truth
• 真后生动物(真後生動物) eumetazoa; subkingdom of animals excluding sponges
• 清真言 Shahada
• 传真发送(傳真發送) fax transmission
• 不识庐山真面目(不識廬山真面目) not to know the true face of Lushan Mountain; can't see the forest for the trees
• 真像 a true image
• 正教真诠(正教真詮) Exegesis of true religion by Wang Daiyu 王岱輿|王岱舆, a study of Islam
• 真元 original nature [of a person]; primordial nature
• 真相 the truth about something; the actual facts
• 真核 eukaryotic
• 真实感(真實感) the feeling that something is genuine; sense of reality; in the flesh
• 真珠 pearl ; a bead curtain
• 写真(寫真) to paint a portrait ; a portrait ; to describe accurately ; photography
• 真菌纲(真菌綱) Eumycetes (taxonomic class of fungi)
• 真值表 truth table
• 真象 the whole elephant; the whole picture; a realistic overall view of the whole situation
• 成真 to come true
• 顶真(頂真) beads; a string of beads
• 真空 a vacuum
• 半真半假 partly true and partly false
• 保真度 fidelity
• 真容 portrait; genuine appearance; real face
• 几可乱真(幾可亂真) to seem almost genuine; easily mistaken for the real thing
• 假戏真唱(假戲真唱) fiction comes true; play-acting that turns into reality
• 写真集(寫真集) photobook , generally sexy portraits of an actress or model
• 货真价实(貨真價實) genuine goods at fair prices; genuine; real; true
• 即真 to formally ascend to the throne ; to take up a permanent appointment to office
• 真意 real intention; true meaning; correct interpretation
• 真事 reality; veracity; the real thing
• 真棒 super!; adjective great; wonderful
• 真确(真確) authentic
• 美梦成真(美夢成真) a dream come true
• 真格 true; real
• 率真 frank and sincere; candid
• 实践是检验真理的唯一标准(實踐是檢驗真理的唯一標準) Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth
• 真道 the true way
• 酒后吐真言(酒後吐真言) after wine, spit out the truth; in vino veritas

Also contained in

真定国 、 朱淑真 、 真德秀 、 真番郡 、 真番 、 真理部 、 真宗皇帝 、 九真郡 、 九真 、 鉴真和尚 、 道真自治县 、 真腊风土记 、 真纳

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Truncated for common words

• 魏紀 Records of the Wei Bamboo Annals 竹書紀年 — count: 135
• 晉紀 Records of the Jin Bamboo Annals 竹書紀年 — count: 79
• 卷一百二十八 列傳第七十八: 段秀實 顏真卿 Volume 128 Biographies 78: Duan Xiushi, Yan Zhenqing Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 55
• 卷二百〇五 志第一百五十八 藝文四 Volume 205 Treatises 158: Arts and Literature 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 48
• 卷一百五十三　　列傳第七十八　　　　段秀實　顏真卿 Volume 153 Biographies 78: Duan Xiushi, Yan Zhenqing New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 46
• 周紀 Records of the Zhou Bamboo Annals 竹書紀年 — count: 45
• 卷九 魏書十 荀彧荀攸賈詡傳 Volume 9: Book of Wei 9 - Biographies of the Xiahous and Caos Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 40
• 卷六十一 列傳第二十一 武三王 Volume 61 Biographies 21: Wu Sanwang Book of Song 宋書 — count: 33
• 卷一百三十二 列傳第八十二: 李抱玉 李抱真 王虔休 盧從史 李芃 李澄 Volume 132 Biographies 82: Li Baoyu, Li Baozhen, Wang Qianxiu, Lu Congshi, Li Peng, Li Cheng Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 33
• 卷十三　　列傳第三　宋宗室及諸王上 Volume 13 Biographies 3: Members of the Song Imperial Family 1 History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 32

Collocations

• 子真 (子真) 子真為勇悍矣 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十一 善說 Chapter 11: Virtuous Speech — count: 13
• 保真 (保真) 夫全性保真 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷六　覽冥訓 Chapter 6: Observing the Obscure — count: 6
• 真公 (真公) 真公 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《表‧三代世表》 Tables - Genealogical Table of the Three Ages — count: 6
• 真贤 (真賢) 而不得真賢之實也 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷一 君道 Chapter 1: The Way of the Ruler — count: 4
• 真将军 (真將軍) 此真將軍矣 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《趙世家》 House of Zhao — count: 4
• 真王 (真王) 我真王嗣 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《世家‧吳太伯世家》 Genealogies - House of Wu Taibo — count: 4
• 真令 (真令) 一旦真令至 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九十二 游俠傳 Volume 92: Youxias — count: 3
• 真可 (真可) 周亞夫真可任將兵 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《絳侯周勃世家》 House of Zhou Bo, Marquis of Jiang — count: 3
• 真单于 (真單于) 真單于復得其眾 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《匈奴列傳》 Treatise on the Xiongnu — count: 3
• 道真 (道真) 劉寶字道真 — Book of Han 漢書, 漢書敘例 Preface to the Book of Han — count: 3