真 zhēn
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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) -
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) -
zhēn
adjective
sincere
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (FE '真' 2; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 1351) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
zhēn
adjective
perfect
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '真' 1b, p. 598) -
zhēn
adjective
ideal
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '真' 1c, p. 598) -
zhēn
noun
an immortal
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Taoism
Notes: As in 真人 (Guoyu '真' n 1) -
zhēn
noun
a true official appointment
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '真' n 4; Mathews 1931 '真', p. 37)
Contained in
- 真龙天子(真龍天子) an analogy for the Emperor
- 真珠贝(真珠貝) shell of a pearl
- 真面目 true identity; true colours
- 成真 to come true
- 纯真(純真) sincere
- 弄假成真 pretense that turns into reality; to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true
- 美梦成真(美夢成真) a dream come true
- 真爱(真愛) true love
- 抱诚守真(抱誠守真) embrace sincerity and guard truth
- 真相大白 the whole truth is revealed; everything becomes clear
- 保真度 fidelity
- 真雕属(真鵰屬) Aquila
- 真主 true ruler ; Allah
- 真声(真聲) natural voice; modal voice; true voice
- 真言 true words ; an incantation
- 真实(真實) true; real; authentic; actual
- 真意 real intention; true meaning; correct interpretation
- 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
- 真善美 truth, goodness and beauty
- 真武斋(真武齋) zhenwu fasting
- 真事 reality; veracity; the real thing
- 清真寺 mosque
- 在真空中 in a vacuum
- 患难见真情(患難見真情) true sentiments are seen in hard times; you see who your true friends are when you go through tough times together
- 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
- 真数(真數) logarithm
- 真心实意(真心實意) true hearted and sincere; wholehearted
- 真核 eukaryotic
- 真肯定句 true affirmative (TA)
- 仿真 to emulate; to simulate
- 真确(真確) authentic
- 纯真无垢(純真無垢) pure of heart
- 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
- 写真集(寫真集) photobook , generally sexy portraits of an actress or model
- 真皮层(真皮層) dermis
- 真牛 really cool, awesome
- 真亮 clear
- 较真(較真) serious; in earnest
- 政权真空(政權真空) power vacuum; political vacuum
- 真菌 fungi; fungus
- 真怪 odd; unusual
- 信以为真(信以為真) to take to be true
- 真才实学(真才實學) true ability and real learning
- 真空管 vacuum tube ; a vacuum tube
Also contained in
女真语 、 女真 、 彭真 、 赵归真 、 逼真 、 鉴真和尚 、 真理报
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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
- 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