真 (zan1 | zhen1) : true; real; factual

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真

zan1

zhen1

[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.

真

Don't confuse with:
直

This word has been viewed 23090 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 7th Dec 2010 04:45

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真菌 zan1 kwan2 zhen1 jun1 = fungus

真係 zan1 hai6 zhen1 xi4 = really 粵

真正 zan1 zing3 zhen1 zheng4 = genuine; true

真係? zan1 hai6*2 = "really?" as a question 粵

真的 zan1 dik1 zhen1 de5 = real; true; veritable 國

寫真 se2 zan1 xie3 zhen1 = [1] (Cant.) pornographic pictures [2] photographs, portraits

傳真 cyun4 zan1 chuan2 zhen1 = facsimile; fax

半真半假 bun3 zan1 bun3 gaa2 ban4 zhen1 ban4 jia3 = half true and half false; half-truths

認真 jing6/jing6*2 zan1 ren4 zhen1 = conscientious; really

真誠 zan1 sing4 zhen1 cheng2 = sincere
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佢真係好快粵
He is really fast.

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]

妹妹，你真係好叻啊！粵
You're really smart, little sis!
[Lit. Younger sister, you really very clever!]

你係咪真係完全明白啊？粵
Do you really understand everything?

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]

我真係唔明白佢點解噉樣做呀。粵
I really don't understand why he acts/behaves like this.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131924,131924#msg-131924]

能見到你真是太好了。國
It was nice meeting you.

我哋樖聖誕樹係真定係假㗎? 粵
Shall we get a real Christmas tree or an artificial one?

我們今年的聖誕樹要買真的還是人造的？國
Shall we get a real Christmas tree or an artificial one?

燭光照的妳真美麗！國
You look beautiful in the candlelight!

你真係嚟得著時粵
You came at the right time
[cf. [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/examples/596/]opposite version[/url]]

你真係嚟得唔著時粵
You come at a bad time.
[cf. [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/examples/595/]opposite version[/url]]

係真嘅，我可以誓願㗎。粵
It's true I swear!

大熱天時開冷氣真舒服。粵
It is so comfortable to have the air-contioner on during hot days.

雖然係真空，但係唔係話乜嘢都冇。粵
Although it's a vacuum, it's not like there's nothing there.
[Lit. Although is vacuum, but not saying anything don't-have]

佢次次都同我講大話…佢真係大嚿衰粵
He tells lies to me every time... he's really obnoxious.
[大嚿衰 is specifically referencing a 大隻老.]

佢次次都同我講大話…佢真係正衰人粵
She tells lie to me every time... she's a really horrible person.

睇你嘅樣，真係好似好攰噉喎粵
Seeing your face, you must be really tired.
[Lit. see your face, really seem very tired [particles]]

今次嘅案件真係好棘手粵
The case I'm working on is very thorny.
[Lit. This time [possessive particle] case really very problematic.]

佢嘅真正目的係也嘢？粵
What's his real plan?

夢想可唔可以成真呀？粵
Can dreams come true?

真係無聊，我唔想玩落去啦！粵
You're being ridiculous, I don't want to mess around any more.
[Lit. really nonsense, I not want play-continue [particle]. 落去 has the meaning of "continue" here and may be suffixed to many verbs.]

你真係好嚴喎粵
You're really very strict, huh?

上次考試真係攞命。粵
The last exam was a real killer.

你今日嘅打扮真係潮爆！粵
You look really fashionable today!
[Your style is very up to date.]

表面上關係好好，但內裡其實係咪真嘅噉？粵
The relationship is cordial on the surface, but is it really so (deep down inside)?

九大簋加上美女就真係錦上添花啦粵
Having this feast with such beauties is indeed beyond perfection.

佢真利害，三兩下手勢就做低對手粵
His opponent was defeated in no time. He is really formidable.

我斷估咋，原來佢真係廿三歲粵
I was only making wild guesses. Didn't know he actually was 23 years old.

真係要多謝你雪中送炭我哋先至會捱過難關粵
We really must thank you for giving us (the money, food, material needs etc) so that we can make it through the hard times.

呢幾百文真係及時雨囉粵
This few hundred dollars is really great help at the right time.

你認真啲讀書啦粵
Be serious about your studies.

今次婚禮嘅場面認真巴閉粵
The wedding ceremony was really grand

這條路凹凸不平，真難走！
This road is so uneven, it's so difficult to walk!

你真係癩蛤蟆想食天鵝肉粵
You are going after a girl who is way too good for you.

真係俾佢吹脹粵
He rendered me speechless.

你真係掯，單嘢咁棘手你都搞得掂粵
You are competent to have solved such a sticky problem.

嗰條友真係好kai啊！粵
That guy is really nerdy!

你真係冇用，畀人哋一剒你就乜都爆晒出嚟粵
You are useless. You revealed everything when they pressured you to do so.

天真爛漫的孩子們過著無憂無慮的生活
Innocent children, unaffected by the surroundings, live without a worry in the world.

老虎竟然識食紅蘿蔔，真係咄咄怪事！
Tigers that eat carrots? How strange is that?!

佢呢招真係令人猝不及防！
I was caught off-guard by this sudden move of his.

真係住得背，而家先知佢移民咗！粵
I am really not well informed. It is now that I learn he has migrated.

嚟到真係著時，適值佢喺屋企粵
Came at the right time, just when he is home.

而家啲細路真係身在福中不知福！粵
Children nowadays really don't know how fortunate they are.

條友仔掗掗拃拃噉，真係好鬼麻煩！粵
That over self-entitled person is really troublesome!

我盼望能夠找到真愛國
I hope to be able to find true love.
[I hope I can find true love.]

件事講起嚟真係一疋布咁長。粵
It's a long incident/story to talk about.
[the story is so long to talk about as if it's as long as a full roll of fabric.]

如果阿明真係一個識飛嘅超人就好喇⋯⋯噉佢就唔會喺條街度踩咗啲米田共返嚟屋企，重要印到成條走廊嘅地板都係！抹死人咩⋯⋯ 粵
It'd be nice if Ah Ming were a superhero that knew how to fly … Then he wouldn't have brought home the poop that he stepped on in the street and printed it all over the floorboards in the hallway! Cleaning it up will be the death of me …

如果你真係有興趣學好廣東話嘅話，你就一定要聽多啲香港台粵
If you want to learn Cantonese, you must listen to more Hong Kong radio.
[Lit. If you really have interest study-well Cantonese [conditional delimiter], you then must listen more Hong Kong channel.]

今次你真係有排煩粵
Now you've got a whole bunch of problems.
[Lit. This-time you really have unending problems.]

小榮真係扭計，成日都冇心機學嘢粵
Siu Wing's always kicking up a fuss about studying, he never has any motivation.
[Lit. Siu Wing really unwilling-to-do-work, all-day also no-heart study things. (This is a good example of a phrase that's really tricky to translate directly.)]

佢不可一世，佢份人真係好大鼻粵
He thinks he's the best in the world... he's really arrogant.
[second half: he personality really arrogant.]

真係令人好懷念，一個世紀之後你又返嚟啦粵
We've really missed you while you've been gone the last 100 years.
[Lit. really make-people very miss-you, one century afterwards again return come [particle] This is being said to someone who's lived several hundred years (specifically Greed from Full Metal Alchemist).]

打探商業情報﹐先至係佢參加旅行團嘅真正目的。粵
Spying out business secrets is the true purpose of his joining the tour.
[先至係 (to be really) is always used for emphasis.]

四月尾忽然間落場大雪，真係「未食五月粽，寒衣唔入籠」！粵
It suddenly snowed during the end of April. "Until it's time to eat Dragon Boat Festival's dumplings, don't put away your warm clothes," as they say!
[未食五月粽寒衣唔入籠 is a Cantonese saying. There are variations used by Mandarin and other dialects.]

一個人喺異鄉無根無蔃，咩都要靠自己，真唔容易粵
To be alone in a foreign place without the support from family or society, one has to be very independent; and that can be very trying.

真係好Q 煩! 粵
Seriously, it's so xxx annoying!

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