真情

Chinese

		real; true; genuine	feeling; emotion; passion feeling; emotion; passion; situation
trad. (真情/眞情)		真/眞	情
simp. (真情)		真	情

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēnqíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄑㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹ cing⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chin-chêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zing¹ cêng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnqíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄑㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhencíng
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-chʻing²
    • Yale: jēn-chíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenchyng
    • Palladius: чжэньцин (čžɛnʹcin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan¹ cing⁴
    • Yale: jān chìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹ tsing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen¹ qing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chin-chêng
    • Tâi-lô: tsin-tsîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cinzeeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin³³ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zing¹ cêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsing tshêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰeŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

真情

1. real or true situation; facts; actual state of affairs; truth
   • 18th century, Cao Xueqin, chapter 74, in Dream of the Red Chamber:

     [鳳姐] 因問：「是那裡來的？」入畫只得跪下哭訴真情說：「這是珍大爺賞我哥哥的。[…]」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     [凤姐] 因问：「是那里来的？」入画只得跪下哭诉真情说：「这是珍大爷赏我哥哥的。[…]」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     [Fèng Jiě] yīn wèn: “Shì nǎlǐ lái de?” Rùhuà zhǐdé guì xià kūsù zhēnqíng shuō: “Zhè shì Zhēn Dàyé shǎng wǒ gēge de. […]” [Pinyin]

     [Sister Feng] thus asks, “Where do [these things] come from?” Ruhua has no choice but to kneel down, tells the true matter cryingly, and says, “They are ones that Elder Master Zhen bestowed on my elder brother. […]”

2. true feelings; real sentiments

Synonyms

• (real or true situation):

• 其實／其实 (qíshí) (literary)
• 實情／实情 (shíqíng)
• 實況／实况 (shíkuàng)
• 實際／实际 (shíjì)
• 實際情況／实际情况 (shíjì qíngkuàng)
• 現實／现实 (xiànshí)

 

• (one's true feelings): (literary) 實情／实情 (shíqíng)

Derived terms

• 患難見真情／患难见真情 (huànnàn jiàn zhēnqíng)
• 真情實意／真情实意
• 真情流露

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
真	情
しん Grade: 3	じょう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
眞情 (kyūjitai)

Noun

真(しん)情(じょう) • (shinjō) 

1. true feelings of the heart

   Synonym: 真心 (magokoro)

2. real or true situation, state of affairs

   Synonym: 実情 (jitsujō)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
真	情
ま Grade: 3	じょう Grade: 5
jūbakoyomi

Alternative spelling
眞情 (kyūjitai)

Noun

真(ま)情(じょう) • (majō) 

1. truthfulness, sincerity, honesty, soundness

   Synonyms: 誠実 (seijitsu), 堅実 (kenjitsu)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
真	情

Noun

真情

1. chữ Hán form of chân tình (“utter sincerity; true feelings”).

Adjective

真情

1. chữ Hán form of chân tình (“very sincere; heartfelt”).