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

• 真善美 truth, goodness and beauty
• 真诚(真誠) true; sincere; genuine
• 真像 a true image
• 真皮 dermis
• 天命真主 the mandate of heaven is the true ruler
• 真格 true; real
• 弄假成真 pretense that turns into reality; to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true
• 真武 Lord of profound heaven
• 真心真意 true heart, true intention
• 乱真(亂真) to pass off as genuine; spurious
• 认真(認真) earnest; serious ; to take seriously
• 真君 a ruler ; zhenjun ; Zhenjun reign
• 真子集 proper subset
• 真知 real knowledge
• 真彩色 true color
• 真髓 the real essence (of the matter)
• 传真机(傳真機) fax machine
• 真丝(真絲) silk; pure silk
• 真龙天子(真龍天子) an analogy for the Emperor
• 虚伪类真(虛偽類真) false but apparently real
• 政权真空(政權真空) power vacuum; political vacuum
• 清真 Islamic; Muslim; halal (of food); clean; pure
• 真情 real situation ; true feelings
• 真皮层(真皮層) dermis
• 真刀真枪(真刀真槍) real swords, real spears; real weapons; very much for real; every bit real; the genuine article
• 真情实意(真情實意) out of genuine friendship; sincere feelings
• 货真价实(貨真價實) genuine goods at fair prices; genuine; real; true
• 传真号码(傳真號碼) fax number
• 传真电报(傳真電報) phototelegram
• 真挚(真摯) sincere; sincerity
• 真声(真聲) natural voice; modal voice; true voice
• 抱诚守真(抱誠守真) embrace sincerity and guard truth
• 真武斋(真武齋) zhenwu fasting
• 真香 awesome (expression of approval used hypocritically after bitching about the exact same thing earlier)
• 真怪 odd; unusual
• 真爱(真愛) true love
• 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
• 真肯定句 true affirmative (TA)
• 真珠 pearl ; a bead curtain
• 真人版 real-life version (of some imaginary character)
• 正真 reliable; real; true
• 颜真卿(顏真卿) Yan Zhenqing
• 真确(真確) authentic

Also contained in

女真语 、 杨太真 、 铁木真 、 真腊 、 太平真君 、 真番 、 九真郡 、 真岛

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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
• 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
• 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