zhēn

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Definitions

  1. 1. really
  2. 2. truly
  3. 3. indeed
  4. 4. real
  5. 5. true
  6. 6. genuine

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Words Containing 真

传真
chuán zhēn

fax

半真半假
bàn zhēn bàn jiǎ

(idiom) half true and half false

天真
tiān zhēn

naive

果真
guǒ zhēn

really

清真
qīng zhēn

Islamic

清真寺
qīng zhēn sì

mosque

当真
dàng zhēn

to take seriously

真假
zhēn jiǎ

genuine or fake

真实
zhēn shí

true; real

真心
zhēn xīn

sincere

真情
zhēn qíng

real situation

真挚
zhēn zhì

sincere

真是的
zhēn shi de

Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration)

真正
zhēn zhèng

genuine; real; true

真理
zhēn lǐ

truth

真相
zhēn xiàng

the truth about sth; the actual facts

真空
zhēn kōng

vacuum

真诚
zhēn chéng

sincere; genuine; true

认真
rèn zhēn

conscientious

说真的
shuō zhēn de

to tell the truth

逼真
bī zhēn

lifelike

一灵真性
yī líng zhēn xìng

soul

不识庐山真面目
bù shí lú shān zhēn miàn mù

lit. not to know the true face of Lushan Mountain (idiom)

乱真
luàn zhēn

to pass off as genuine

仿真
fǎng zhēn

to emulate

仿真服务器
fǎng zhēn fú wù qì

emulation server

低保真
dī bǎo zhēn

low fidelity

你真行
nǐ zhēn xíng

you're incredible (often an ironic expression of vexation, but can also express approbation)

保真度
bǎo zhēn dù

fidelity

信以为真
xìn yǐ wéi zhēn

to take sth to be true

假戏真唱
jiǎ xì zhēn chàng

fiction comes true

传真机
chuán zhēn jī

fax machine

传真发送
chuán zhēn fā sòng

fax transmission

传真号码
chuán zhēn hào mǎ

fax number

传真电报
chuán zhēn diàn bào

phototelegram

六字真言
liù zì zhēn yán

the six-syllable Sanskrit mantra of Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva (i.e. om mani padme hum)

动真格
dòng zhēn gé

to get serious about sth

千真万确
qiān zhēn wàn què

absolutely true (idiom)

天真烂漫
tiān zhēn làn màn

innocent and unaffected

失真
shī zhēn

to lack fidelity

奥姆真理教
ào mǔ zhēn lǐ jiào

Aum Shinrikyo (or Supreme Truth), the Japanese death cult responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway

女真
nǚ zhēn

Jurchen, a Tungus ethnic group, predecessor of the Manchu ethnic group who founded the Later Jin Dynasty 後金|后金[hòu jīn] and Qing Dynasty

女真语
nǚ zhēn yǔ

Jurchen language

孰真孰假
shú zhēn shú jiǎ

what is true and what is fake

实践是检验真理的唯一标准
shí jiàn shì jiǎn yàn zhēn lǐ de wéi yī biāo zhǔn

Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth (item from Deng Xiaoping theory, from 1978)

写真
xiě zhēn

portrait

写真集
xiě zhēn jí

photobook (loanword from Japanese), generally sexy portraits of an actress or model

几可乱真
jī kě luàn zhēn

to seem almost genuine

弄假成真
nòng jiǎ chéng zhēn

pretense that turns into reality (idiom); to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true

彭真
péng zhēn

Peng Zhen (1902-1997), Chinese communist leader

患难见真情
huàn nàn jiàn zhēn qíng

true sentiments are seen in hard times (idiom)

成真
chéng zhēn

to come true

政权真空
zhèng quán zhēn kōng

power vacuum

正教真诠
zhèng jiào zhēn quán

Exegesis of true religion by Wang Daiyu 王岱輿|王岱舆[wáng dài yú], a study of Islam

归真
guī zhēn

to die (Buddhism)

归真返璞
guī zhēn fǎn pú

see 返璞歸真|返璞归真[fǎn pú guī zhēn]

杀真菌
shā zhēn jūn

fungicidal

杀真菌剂
shā zhēn jūn jì

fungicide

率真
shuài zhēn

frank and sincere

疾风知劲草,烈火见真金
jí fēng zhī jìn cǎo , liè huǒ jiàn zhēn jīn

fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis

真主
zhēn zhǔ

Allah

真主党
zhēn zhǔ dǎng

Hezbollah (Lebanon Islamic group)

真事
zhēn shì

reality

真亮
zhēn liàng

clear

真人
zhēn rén

a real person

真人不露相
zhēn rén bù lòu xiàng

the sage presents as an ordinary person (idiom)

真人版
zhēn rén bǎn

real-life version (of some imaginary character)

真人真事
zhēn rén zhēn shì

genuine people and true events

真人秀
zhēn rén xiù

(TV) reality show

真个
zhēn gè

(dialect) really; truly; indeed

真值表
zhēn zhí biǎo

truth table

真假难辨
zhēn jiǎ nán biàn

hard to distinguish real from imitation

真伪
zhēn wěi

true or bogus

真伪莫辨
zhēn wěi mò biàn

can't judge true or false (idiom); unable to distinguish the genuine from the fake

真传
zhēn chuán

authentic tradition

真凶
zhēn xiōng

culprit

真刀真枪
zhēn dāo zhēn qiāng

real swords, real spears (idiom)

真分数
zhēn fēn shù

proper fraction (with numerator < denominator, e.g. five sevenths)

真切
zhēn qiè

vivid

真否定句
zhēn fǒu dìng jù

true negative (TN)

真命
zhēn mìng

to receive heaven's command (of Daoist immortals etc)

真善美
zhēn shàn měi

truth, goodness and beauty

真如
zhēn rú

Tathata

真子集
zhēn zǐ jí

proper subset

真容
zhēn róng

portrait

真实性
zhēn shí xìng

authenticity

真实感
zhēn shí gǎn

the feeling that sth is genuine

真彩色
zhēn cǎi sè

true color

真后生动物
zhēn hòu shēng dòng wù

eumetazoa

真心实意
zhēn xīn shí yì

genuine and sincere (idiom)

真心话大冒险
zhēn xīn huà dà mào xiǎn

The Moment of Truth (TV show)

真性
zhēn xìng

real

真怪
zhēn guài

odd

真情实意
zhēn qíng shí yì

out of genuine friendship (idiom)

真意
zhēn yì

real intention

真爱
zhēn ài

true love

真凭实据
zhēn píng shí jù

reliable evidence (idiom); conclusive proof

真才实学
zhēn cái shí xué

solid learning

真数
zhēn shù

logarithm

真是
zhēn shi

indeed; truly

真书
zhēn shū

regular script (Chinese calligraphic style)

真有你的
zhēn yǒu nǐ de

You're really quite something!

真核
zhēn hé

eukaryotic

真格
zhēn gé

true

真棒
zhēn bàng

super!

真武
zhēn wǔ

Lord of profound heaven, major Daoist deity

真版
zhēn bǎn

real version (as opposed to pirated); genuine version

真牛
zhēn niú

(slang) really cool, awesome

真率
zhēn shuài

sincere

真理报
zhēn lǐ bào

Pravda (newspaper)

真理部
zhēn lǐ bù

Ministry of Truth, a fictional ministry from George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four

真番郡
zhēn pān jùn

Zhenpan commandery (108 BC-c. 300 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea

真皮
zhēn pí

(anatomy) dermis

真皮层
zhēn pí céng

dermis

真相大白
zhēn xiàng dà bái

the whole truth is revealed (idiom); everything becomes clear

真相毕露
zhēn xiàng bì lù

real face fully revealed (idiom); fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth

真真
zhēn zhēn

really

真知
zhēn zhī

real knowledge

真知灼见
zhēn zhī zhuó jiàn

penetrating insight

真确
zhēn què

authentic

真神
zhēn shén

the True God

真空泵
zhēn kōng bèng

vacuum pump

真空管
zhēn kōng guǎn

vacuum tube

真纳
zhēn nà

(Mohammad Ali) Jinnah (founder of Pakistan)

真丝
zhēn sī

silk

真经
zhēn jīng

sutra

真声
zhēn shēng

natural voice

真声最高音
zhēn shēng zuì gāo yīn

highest true (non-falsetto) voice

真肯定句
zhēn kěn dìng jù

true affirmative (TA)

真腊
zhēn là

Khmer kingdom of Kampuchea or Cambodia

真菌
zhēn jūn

fungi

真菌纲
zhēn jūn gāng

Eumycetes (taxonomic class of fungi)

真蚬
zhēn xiǎn

Corbicula leana, a species of clam

真言
zhēn yán

true statement

真言宗
zhēn yán zōng

Shingon Buddhism

真诠
zhēn quán

to explain truly (esp. of classic or religious text)

真谛
zhēn dì

the real meaning

真迹
zhēn jì

authentic (painting or calligraphy)

真身
zhēn shēn

the real body (of Buddha or a God)

真道
zhēn dào

the true way

真释
zhēn shì

true explanation

真金不怕火来烧
zhēn jīn bù pà huǒ lái shāo

see 真金不怕火煉|真金不怕火炼[zhēn jīn bù pà huǒ liàn]

真际
zhēn jì

the truth

真面目
zhēn miàn mù

true identity

真题
zhēn tí

questions from previous years' exams

真香
zhēn xiāng

awesome (expression of approval used hypocritically after bitching about the exact same thing earlier) (neologism c. 2014)

真髓
zhēn suǐ

the real essence (of the matter)

真鲷
zhēn diāo

porgy (Pagrosomus major)

童真
tóng zhēn

childishness

纯真
chún zhēn

innocent and unaffected

纯真天然
chún zhēn tiān rán

natural

纯真无垢
chún zhēn wú gòu

pure of heart

总谐波失真
zǒng xié bō shī zhēn

(acoustics) total harmonic distortion (THD)

美梦成真
měi mèng chéng zhēn

a dream come true

虚伪类真
xū wěi lèi zhēn

false but apparently real

货真价实
huò zhēn jià shí

genuine goods at fair prices

贵圈真乱
guì quān zhēn luàn

(slang, jocular, neologism c. 2006, used esp. in relation to public figures) the things you and your friends get up to (misbehavior, scandals etc) leave me shaking my head

较真
jiào zhēn

serious

返璞归真
fǎn pú guī zhēn

to return to one's true self

道真仡佬族苗族自治县
dào zhēn gē lǎo zú miáo zú zì zhì xiàn

Daozhen Klau and Hmong Autonomous County in Zunyi 遵義|遵义[zūn yì], northeast Guizhou

道真县
dào zhēn xiàn

Daozhen Klau and Hmong autonomous county in Zunyi 遵義|遵义[zūn yì], northeast Guizhou

道真自治县
dào zhēn zì zhì xiàn

Daozhen Klau and Hmong autonomous county in Zunyi 遵義|遵义[zūn yì], northeast Guizhou

还原真相
huán yuán zhēn xiàng

to set the record straight

酒后吐真言
jiǔ hòu tǔ zhēn yán

after wine, spit out the truth

铁木真
tiě mù zhēn

Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗[chéng jí sī hán]

鉴真
jiàn zhēn

Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang dynastic Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism

鉴真和尚
jiàn zhēn hé shang

Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism

颜真卿
yán zhēn qīng

Yan Zhenqing (709-785), a leading calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty

高保真
gāo bǎo zhēn

high fidelity