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

• 弄假成真 pretense that turns into reality; to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true
• 真情 real situation ; true feelings
• 真空管 vacuum tube ; a vacuum tube
• 真知灼见(真知灼見) penetrating insight
• 认真(認真) earnest; serious ; to take seriously
• 真树(真樹) sandalwood; Indian sandalwood
• 真传(真傳) authentic tradition; handed-down teachings or techniques
• 一灵真性(一靈真性) soul; spirit
• 真金不怕火炼(真金不怕火煉) True gold fears no fire.
• 真有你的 You're really quite something!; You're just amazing!
• 总谐波失真(總諧波失真) (acoustics) total harmonic distortion (THD)
• 真伪(真偽) true or false; authenticity
• 真香 awesome (expression of approval used hypocritically after bitching about the exact same thing earlier)
• 孰真孰假 what is true and what is fake
• 真值表 truth table
• 真心实意(真心實意) true hearted and sincere; wholehearted
• 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
• 抱诚守真(抱誠守真) embrace sincerity and guard truth
• 纯真无垢(純真無垢) pure of heart
• 真相 the truth about something; the actual facts
• 真是的 Really! (expressing annoyance or frustration)
• 真否定句 true negative (TN)
• 真刀真枪(真刀真槍) real swords, real spears; real weapons; very much for real; every bit real; the genuine article
• 真棒 super!; adjective great; wonderful
• 真声最高音(真聲最高音) highest true (non-falsetto) voice
• 真肯定句 true affirmative (TA)
• 真善美 truth, goodness and beauty
• 真数(真數) logarithm
• 真真 really; in fact; genuinely; scrupulously
• 真空 a vacuum
• 真灵(真靈) true intelligence
• 真知 real knowledge
• 真正 real; true; genuine
• 真实(真實) true; real; authentic; actual
• 写真(寫真) to paint a portrait ; a portrait ; to describe accurately ; photography
• 真心诚意(真心誠意) true heart, true intention
• 保真度 fidelity
• 坚不吐真(堅不吐真) stubbornly refuse to say the truth
• 传真号码(傳真號碼) fax number
• 真心 sincere; heartfelt
• 清真寺 mosque

Also contained in

赵归真 、 真心话大冒险 、 真精 、 真宗皇帝 、 真德秀 、 真一 、 九真 、 太平真君 、 真宗 、 彭真

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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: 54
• 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: 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
• 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
• 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
• 谓真 (謂真) 而皆自謂真孔 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 顯學第五十 Chapter 50: Scholarly Achievement — count: 3