迫真

Chinese

		to force; to compel; pressing to force; to compel; pressing; urgent	real; true; genuine
trad. (迫真/迫眞)		迫	真/眞
simp. (迫真)		迫	真

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pòzhēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˋ ㄓㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bik¹ zan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piak-chin / pek-chin

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pòzhēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ ㄓㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pòjhen
    • Wade–Giles: pʻo⁴-chên¹
    • Yale: pwò-jēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pohjen
    • Palladius: почжэнь (počžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bik¹ zan¹
    • Yale: bīk jān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁷ dzan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: big¹ zen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚⁵ t͡sɐn⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 逼真 迫真

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piak-chin
    • Tâi-lô: piak-tsin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piakcyn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piak̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sin³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pek-chin
    • Tâi-lô: pik-tsin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pekcyn
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sin⁴⁴/

Adjective

迫真

1. lifelike; true to life; realistic; vivid

   • 此等皆俊楚，殊迫真也。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: Liu Xun, 《隱居通議》, Yuan Dynasty

     Cǐ děng jiē jùnchǔ, shū pòzhēn yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (Internet slang, sometimes humorous) not true

Synonyms

• (lifelike): 真切 (zhēnqiè), 逼真 (bīzhēn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (迫真):

• → Japanese: 迫真(はくしん) (hakushin)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
迫	真
はく Grade: S	しん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
迫眞 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟ᵝɕĩɴ]

Noun

迫(はく)真(しん) • (hakushin) 

1. (of an imitation) similar to the real one; close; accurate
2. (of a performance) expressive, vivid