Chinese edit

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 edit


Adjective edit

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. [Pinyin]
    I want to see what the real China is like.

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Adverb edit

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 [Pinyin]
    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. [Pinyin]
    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

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Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

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

  1. genuine
Inflection edit

Noun edit

(しん)(せい) (shinsei

  1. genuineness

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term

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

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

()(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 edit

References edit

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

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective edit

真正

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