真正

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Chinese

real; true; genuine
 
just (right); main; upright
just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year
trad. (真正/眞正) /
simp. (真正)

Pronunciation


Adjective

真正

  1. (attributive) genuine; real; true
    真正男子漢真正男子汉  ―  zhēnzhèng de nánzǐhàn  ―  a real man
    看看真正中國到底什麼樣子 [MSC, trad.]
    看看真正中国到底什么样子 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ xiǎng kànkàn zhēnzhèng de Zhōngguó dàodǐ shì ge shénme yàngzi.
    I want to see what the real China is like.

Synonyms

Adverb

真正

  1. truly; really; genuinely
    真正了解  ―  zhēnzhèng liǎojiě  ―  to truly understand
    真正意識自己錯誤 [MSC, trad.]
    真正意识自己错误 [MSC, simp.]
    zhēnzhèng yìshi dào zìjǐ de cuòwu
    to genuinely recognise one's mistake
    沒有真正沒有真正任何 [MSC, trad.]
    没有真正没有真正任何 [MSC, simp.]
    Méiyǒu yī ge rén zhēnzhèng guò ài tā, tā yě méiyǒu zhēnzhèng ài guò rènhé rén.
    No one has ever really loved him and he has never really loved anyone either.
  2. (Hokkien, Wu) very
    真正趣味 [Hokkien]  ―  chin-chiàⁿ chhù-bī [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  very interesting
  3. (Wu) only; no more than; merely; scarcely; meagerly
    真正一眼眼 [Shanghainese]  ―  1tsen-tsen 7iq-nge 6nge [Wugniu]  ―  The tiniest bit

Synonyms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: 3
せい
Grade: 1
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
眞正 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Adjective

(しん)(せい) (shinsei-na (adnominal (しん)(せい) (shinsei na), adverbial (しん)(せい) (shinsei ni))

  1. genuine
Inflection

Noun

(しん)(せい) (shinsei

  1. genuineness

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
しょう
Grade: 1
yutōyomi
Alternative spelling
眞正 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Adjective

()(しょう) (mashōましゃう (masyau)?-na (adnominal ()(しょう) (mashō na), adverbial ()(しょう) (mashō ni))

  1. sincere; honest
Inflection

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

真正

  1. chữ Hán form of chân chính (true; genuine; authentic).