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zhēn

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zhēn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhēn | zhen1
English translation
really
truly
indeed
real
true
genuine
real, actual, true, genuine

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About zhēn

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

zhēn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí

Learning hint

A straight  Zhí  (that is, level) table 

Etymology of zhēn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

直几

Explanation

Origin unclear.

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Example sentences using zhēn

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脸皮 liǎn pí zhēn hòu !

Of all the gall ! ie What impudence!

dàn 照片 zhàopiàn 出来 chū lái , Huán zhēn de yǒu diǎn Dōng Shī de 风范 fēng fàn .

But the picture wash out, really have a bit east Shi demeanor.

分生孢子 bāo zǐ shì 真菌 zhēn jūn de 特征 tèzhēng ,无性 wú xìng 繁殖 fánzhí de 单位 dānwèi .

Conidia are the characteristic asexual reproductive units of fungi.

diāo shì 仿 fǎng de 艺术 yìshù (模刻真实 zhēnshí 生活 shēnghuó Zhōng de rén děng ).

Sculpture is an imitative art, ie it copies people, things, etc from real life.

xiǎng zhēn 周到 zhōudào , gěi 明信片 míng xìn piàn .

It was very considerate of you to send me a postcard.

Words with zhēn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zhēn really zhēn
真是 zhēn shi indeed真是 zhēn shi
真正 zhēnzhèng genuine真正 zhēnzhèng
认真 rènzhēn earnest認真
真实 zhēnshí true真實
真心 zhēn xīn sincere真心 zhēn xīn
真相 zhēnxiàng the truth about sth真相 zhēnxiàng
真诚 zhēn chéng true真誠
真理 zhēnlǐ truth真理 zhēnlǐ
天真 tiānzhēn naive天真 tiānzhēn
真人 zhēn rén a real person真人 zhēn rén
传真 chuánzhēn fax傳真
当真 dàng zhēn serious當真
真情 zhēn qíng the truth真情 zhēn qíng
真空 zhēn kōng vacuum真空 zhēn kōng
写真 xiě zhēn portrait寫真
真皮 zhēn pí dermis (layer within the skin containing sense of touch)真皮 zhēn pí
真实性 zhēn shí xìng authenticity真實性
果真 guǒ zhēn really果真 guǒ zhēn
纯真 chún zhēn innocent and unaffected純真
仿真 fǎng zhēn to emulate仿真 fǎng zhēn
真主党 Zhēn zhǔ dǎng Hezbollah (Lebanon Islamic group)真主黨
逼真 bī zhēn lifelike逼真 bī zhēn
真假 zhēn jiǎ genuine or fake真假 zhēn jiǎ

zhēn Decomposition & Compounds

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zhēn Decomposition

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zhēn Compounds

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  • zhēn
    • zhèn , tián , shèn , zhěn , diān , zhì , chēn , diān , zhèn , diān , zhēn , zhěn , tián , diān , tián , zhěn , zhěn , , , , , , , , , zhèn , ,
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