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真係
  zan1 hai6   jyutping
  zhen1 xi4   pinyin
really | 真是真的 in Mandarin

This is "zan1 hai62" when asked as a question.

Level: 1   Google Frequency: 463,000

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
真係 / 真系

This word has been viewed 18845 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by aaron on 10th Aug 2004 13:27 and last edited on 23rd Aug 2014 19:37
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Characters in this word:

 zan1  -  true; real; factual
 hai6  -  yes, it is; indeed; right; positive; to be

1 compounds containing this word:

真係? - "really?" as a question

Showing 10 of 41 examples containing 真係
detail audio 真係
He is really fast.
detail 阻住溫書真係唔好意思
Sorry for interrupting your studies!
[Lit. block you revise [particle], really sorry. Standard Chinese:打擾你溫習,真不好意思]
detail 妹妹真係好叻
You're really smart, little sis!
[Lit. Younger sister, you really very clever!]
detail 係咪真係完全明白
Do you really understand everything?
detail 真係輸咗
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*!"]
detail 你哋真係
You're no good at fooling people.
[Lit. you-[plural marker] really trick-not-arrive people]
detail audio 真係唔明白點解噉樣
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]
detail 真係得著
You came at the right time
[cf. [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/examples/596/]opposite version[/url]]
detail 真係唔著時
You come at a bad time.
[cf. [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/examples/595/]opposite version[/url]]
detail 次次講大話真係大嚿衰
He tells lies to me every time... he's really obnoxious.
[大嚿衰 is specifically referencing a 大隻老.]
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