真相

See also: 眞相

Chinese

		real; true; genuine	each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually
trad. (真相/眞相)		真/眞	相
simp. (真相)		真	相
alternative forms		真象 真像

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēnxiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄒㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹ soeng³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂n-siong
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chin-siòng / chin-siàng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zing¹ siang³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnxiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhensiàng
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-hsiang⁴
    • Yale: jēn-syàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenshianq
    • Palladius: чжэньсян (čžɛnʹsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan¹ soeng³
    • Yale: jān seung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹ soeng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen¹ sêng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ sœːŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂n-siong
    • Hakka Romanization System: ziin´ xiong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zin¹ xiong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨn²⁴⁻¹¹ si̯oŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chin-siòng
    • Tâi-lô: tsin-siòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cinsioxng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin³³ siɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² siɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chin-siàng
    • Tâi-lô: tsin-siàng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cinsiaxng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² siaŋ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zing¹ siang³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsing siàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ³³⁻²³ siaŋ²¹³/

Noun

真相

1. actual facts; truth

   揭露真相  ―  jiēlù zhēnxiàng  ―  to expose the truth

   事實真相／事实真相  ―  shìshí zhēnxiàng  ―  the truth of the matter

   不明真相的吃瓜群眾 [MSC, trad.]
   不明真相的吃瓜群众 [MSC, simp.]

   bùmíng zhēnxiàng de chīguā qúnzhòng [Pinyin]

   the innocent bystanders

Synonyms

• 本相 (běnxiàng)
• 原形 (yuánxíng)

Derived terms

• 後真相／后真相 (hòuzhēnxiàng)
• 洞悉真相
• 真相大白 (zhēnxiàng dàbái)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (真相):

• → Japanese: 真相(しんそう) (shinsō)
• → Korean: 진상(眞相) (jinsang)
• → Vietnamese: chân tướng (真相)

Verb

真相

1. (neologism, slang) to speak the truth

   童鞋，你真相了。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Tóngxié, nǐ zhēnxiàng le. [Pinyin]

   Mate, brave on you for telling the truth.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
真	相
しん Grade: 3	そう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
眞相 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんそー [shìńsóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩɰ̃so̞ː]

Noun

真(しん)相(そう) • (shinsō) 

1. fact, the truth