当真

dàng zhēn

HSK 3.0 Level 7 Verb Uncommon

Definitions

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to play a joke

To joke or not take seriously, opposite of treating something as real.

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really

Indeed or really, often used to confirm something as true.

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conscientious

To treat something seriously or with earnest attention.

当真 is often used in negative or interrogative sentences to question the seriousness, not as a direct synonym for 'seriously' in all contexts.

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你说的是当真的吗？

Are you serious about what you said?

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(onom.) dong

at or in the very same...

really