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[1] true; real; factual; genuine; actual; substantial; really; truly [2] the highest sincerity one is capable of [3] a Chinese family name please also refer to variant 眞
Stroke count: 10
Level: 2
Radical: 目 (#109)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Don't confuse with: 直 |
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| This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 7th Dec 2010 04:45 | ||
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真係
zan1 hai6 = really 粵
真正
zan1 zing3 = genuine; true
真係?
zan1 hai6*2 = "really?" as a question 粵
真的
zan1 dik1 = real; true; veritable 國
寫真
se2 zan1 = [1] (Cant.) pornographic pictures [2] photographs
稟神都冇句真
ban2 san4 dou1 mou5 geoi1 zan1 = sb. unreliable; not trustworthy 粵
傳真
cyun4 zan1 = facsimile; fax
半真半假
bun3 zan1 bun3 gaa2 = half true and half false; half-truths
認真
jing6/jing6*2 zan1 = conscientious; really
真誠
zan1 sing4 = sincereSee all 93 compounds (CantoDict reports 95 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing 10 of 57 examples containing 真
阻住你溫書啊，真係唔好意思 粵
Sorry for interrupting your studies! [Lit. block you revise [particle], really sorry. Standard Chinese:打擾你溫習，真不好意思]
我真係輸咗啦… 粵
I've lost (this contest)... [Note that 真係 isn't necessarily translated into English - sometimes it's used where an English speaker would just add extra emphasis onto the word. In this case, "I've *lost*!"]
你哋真係呃唔到人 粵
You're no good at fooling people. [Lit. you-[plural marker] really trick-not-arrive people] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/486/]真[/url][/big]
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Decimal representation of this word: 真
Unicode code for this character: U+771f (off-site link)
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HTML Code to link to this word:
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Decimal representation of this word: 真
Unicode code for this character: U+771f (off-site link)
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