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 zhēn really / truly / indeed / real / true / genuine
Results beginning with 真
 zhēn zhèng genuine / real / true / genuinely
 zhēn shi indeed / truly / (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc about sth)
 zhēn shí true / real
 zhēn chéng true / sincere / genuine
 zhēn xiàng the truth about sth / the actual facts
 zhēn xīn sincere / heartfelt / CL:片[pian4]
 zhēn rén a real person / Daoist spiritual master
 zhēn qíng real situation / the truth
 zhēn kōng vacuum
 zhēn lǐ truth / CL:個|个[ge4]
 zhēn jiǎ genuine or fake / true or false
 zhēn zhēn really / in fact / genuinely / scrupulously
 zhēn zhì sincere / sincerity
 zhēn pí dermis (layer within the skin containing sense of touch)
 zhēn wěi true or bogus / authenticity
 zhēn qiè vivid / distinct / clear / sincere / honest
 zhēn dì the real meaning / the true essence
 Zhēn rú Tathata
 zhēn jīng sutra / Taoist treatise
 zhēn jūn fungi / fungus
 zhēn sī silk / pure silk
 zhēn shén the True God
 zhēn gè really / truly / indeed
 zhēn shēn the real body (of Buddha or a God) / true effigy
 Zhēn zhǔ Allah
 zhēn yì real intention / true meaning / correct interpretation
 zhēn bàng super! / really great / wonderful
 zhēn xiàng (variant of 真相[zhen1 xiang4]) the truth about sth / the actual facts
 zhēn chuán authentic tradition / handed-down teachings or techniques
 zhēn shì reality / veracity / the real thing
 zhēn xiōng culprit
 zhēn jì authentic (painting or calligraphy) / genuine work (of famous artist)
 zhēn niú (slang) really cool, awesome
 zhēn zhī real knowledge
 Zhēn wǔ Lord of profound heaven, major Daoist deity / aka Black Tortoise 玄武 / or Black heavenly emperor 玄天上帝
 zhēn dào the true way
 zhēn xìng real / the nature of sth
 zhēn guài odd / unusual / I can't believe that ...
 zhēn zhū pearl / usually written 珍珠[zhen1 zhu1]
 zhēn què authentic
 zhēn suǐ the real essence (of the matter)
 zhēn shuài sincere / genuine / straightforward
 zhēn shū regular script (Chinese calligraphic style)
 zhēn ài true love
 zhēn bǎn real version (as opposed to pirated) / genuine version
 zhēn de live
 zhēn diāo porgy (Pagrosomus major) / red sea bream
 zhēn gé true / real
 zhēn hé eukaryotic
 zhēn jì the truth / reality
 Zhēn là Khmer kingdom of Kampuchea or Cambodia / Chinese term for Cambodia from 7th to 15th century
 zhēn liàng clear
 zhēn mìng to receive heaven's command (of Daoist immortals etc) / ordained by heaven
 Zhēn nà (Mohammad Ali) Jinnah (founder of Pakistan)
 zhēn quán to explain truly (esp. of classic or religious text) / true commentary / correct exegesis
 zhēn róng portrait / genuine appearance / real face
 zhēn shēng natural voice / modal voice / true voice / opposite: falsetto 假聲|假声[jia3 sheng1]
 zhēn shì true explanation / genuine reason
 zhēn shù logarithm
 zhēn tí questions from previous years' exams
 zhēn xiāng awesome (expression of approval used hypocritically after bitching about the exact same thing earlier) (neologism c. 2014)
 zhēn yán true statement / incantation (translates Sanskrit: dharani 陀羅尼|陀罗尼)
 zhēn zhí true value
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 zhēn shí xìng authenticity / truthfulness / veracity / reality / validity
 zhēn miàn mù true identity / true colors
 zhēn kōng bèng vacuum pump
 zhēn rén xiù reality show (loanword)
 zhēn rén bǎn real-life version (of some imaginary character)
 zhēn shí gǎn the feeling that sth is genuine / sense of reality / in the flesh
 zhēn shàn měi truth, goodness and beauty
 zhēn kōng guǎn vacuum tube
 zhēn cǎi sè true color
 zhēn pí céng dermis
 Zhēn lǐ Bào Pravda (newspaper)
 Zhēn zhǔ dǎng Hezbollah (Lebanon Islamic group)
  vacuum furnace
  vacuum chamber
  live mine
 zhēn fēn shù proper fraction (with numerator < denominator, e.g. five sevenths) / see also: improper fraction 假分數|假分数[jia3 fen1 shu4] and mixed number 帶分數|带分数[dai4 fen1 shu4]
 zhēn fú shǔ Eumops
 zhēn jūn gāng Eumycetes (taxonomic class of fungi)
 Zhēn lǐ bù Ministry of Truth, a fictional ministry from George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four
 Zhēn pān jùn Zhenpan commandery (108 BC-c. 300 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea
 zhēn qīng xié dip / true dip / angle of dip
 zhēn shā kē requiem shark
 zhēn shā mù Carcharhiniformes
 zhēn shi de Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration)
 Zhēn yán zōng Shingon Buddhism
 zhēn zhí biǎo truth table
 zhēn zǐ jí proper subset
 zhēn xiàng dà bái the whole truth is revealed (idiom) / everything becomes clear
 zhēn xīn shí yì genuine and sincere (idiom) / wholehearted
 zhēn cái shí xué solid learning / real ability and learning / genuine talent
 zhēn zhī zhuó jiàn penetrating insight
 zhēn píng shí jù reliable evidence (idiom) / conclusive proof / definitive evidence
 zhēn wěi mò biàn can't judge true or false (idiom) / unable to distinguish the genuine from the fake / not to know whether to believe (what one reads in the news)
 zhēn xiàng bì lù real face fully revealed (idiom) / fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth
  genuine link
  vacuum forming
  vacuum housing
  vacuum evaporation
  fact-finding
  vacuum brazing
  vacuum distillation
线  true meridian
  vacuum insulation
  vacuum mattress
  verum
 zhēn dāo zhēn qiāng real swords, real spears (idiom) / real weapons / very much for real / every bit real / the genuine article
 zhēn fǒu dìng jù true negative (TN)
 zhēn jiǎ nán biàn hard to distinguish real from imitation
 zhēn kěn dìng jù true affirmative (TA)
 zhēn qíng shí yì out of genuine friendship (idiom) / sincere feelings
 zhēn rén zhēn shì genuine people and true events
 zhēn yǒu nǐ de You're really quite something! / You're just amazing!
  vacuum distillation tower / heavy water upgrade column
  vacuum sweeper
  functioning democracy
  authorized stockage list
 zhēn hé yǒu jī tǐ eukaryotic organism
 zhēn hòu shēng dòng wù eumetazoa / subkingdom of animals excluding sponges
 zhēn rén bù lòu xiàng the sage presents as an ordinary person (idiom)
 zhēn rén shí jìng xiù reality
 zhēn shēng zuì gāo yīn highest true (non-falsetto) voice
 zhēn xīn shí yì de wholeheartedly
 zhēn jīn bù pà huǒ liàn True gold fears no fire. (idiom)
  haematology vacuum test tube
  vacuum splint set
  Ansarullah Movement
  Genuine Progress Indicator
 zhēn fú dé lán xiū nu:3 Mother
 Zhēn xīn huà Dà Mào xiǎn The Moment of Truth (TV show) / Truth or Dare (game)
 zhēn zhǔ xìn tú zhàn shì Jund Ansar Allah
  separator tank / vacuum chamber
  vacuum suction-drainer vehicle
  Forum for Truth and Reconciliation
 zhēn jīn bù pà huǒ lái shāo see 真金不怕火煉|真金不怕火炼[zhen1 jin1 bu4 pa4 huo3 lian4]
  Truth and Reconciliation Commission
  False and Authentic Documents
  Truth and Friendship Commission
  Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act
  White Paper on the Truth and Reconciliation Project
  Truth, Reception and Reconciliation Commission
  Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission
Approximate Results for 真
 chuán zhēn fax / facsimile
 rèn zhēn conscientious / earnest / serious / to take seriously / to take to heart
 xiě zhēn portrait / to describe sth accurately
 tiān zhēn naive / innocent / artless
 chún zhēn innocent and unaffected / pure and unadulterated
仿 fǎng zhēn to emulate / to simulate / emulation / simulation
 dāng zhēn to take seriously / serious / No joking, really!
 dàng zhēn to take seriously / serious / No joking, really!
 bī zhēn lifelike / true to life / distinctly / clearly
 guǒ zhēn really / as expected / sure enough / if indeed... / if it's really...
 chéng zhēn to come true
 shī zhēn to lack fidelity / (signal) distortion
 qīng zhēn Islamic / Muslim / halal (of food) / clean / pure
 shuài zhēn frank and sincere / candid
 Nu:3 zhēn Jurchen, a Tungus ethnic group, predecessor of the Manchu ethnic group who founded the Later Jin Dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] and Qing Dynasty
 tóng zhēn childishness / naivete
 jiào zhēn serious / in earnest
 luàn zhēn to pass off as genuine / spurious
 Péng Zhēn Peng Zhen (1902-1997), Chinese communist leader
 Jiàn zhēn Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang dynastic Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism
 guī zhēn to die (Buddhism) / to return to Allah (Islam)
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 xiě zhēn jí photobook (loanword from Japanese), generally sexy portraits of an actress or model
 chuán zhēn jī fax machine
 qīng zhēn sì mosque
 gāo bǎo zhēn high fidelity / hi-fi
 dī bǎo zhēn low fidelity / lo-fi
 Tiě mù zhēn Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗[Cheng2 ji2 si1 han2]
 Yán Zhēn qīng Yan Zhenqing (709-785), a leading calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty
 kàng zhēn jūn antifungal
 bǎo zhēn dù fidelity
  high vacuum
 Dào zhēn xiàn Daozhen Klau and Hmong autonomous county in Zunyi 遵義|遵义[Zun1 yi4], northeast Guizhou
 dòng zhēn gé to get serious about sth / to pull no punches / to be determined to see sth through
 huáng zhēn yī Hwang
 jiào zhēn r erhua variant of 較真|较真[jiao4 zhen1]
 nǐ zhēn xíng you're incredible (often an ironic expression of vexation, but can also express approbation)
 Nu:3 zhēn yǔ Jurchen language
 shā zhēn jūn fungicidal / to have a fungicidal effect
 shuō zhēn de to tell the truth / honestly / in fact
 chuán zhēn hào mǎ fax number
 huò zhēn jià shí genuine goods at fair prices / (fig.) genuine / real / true
 qiān zhēn wàn què absolutely true (idiom) / manifold / true from many points of view
 xìn yǐ wéi zhēn to take sth to be true
 fǎn pú guī zhēn to return to one's true self / to regain the natural state
 nòng jiǎ chéng zhēn pretense that turns into reality (idiom) / to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true
 tiān zhēn làn màn innocent and unaffected
  fungicide
  cryptofax / cifax
  aliasing
  security vacuum
  weather facsimile
  legal vacuum
  institutional vacuum
 bàn zhēn bàn jiǎ (idiom) half true and half false
 chuán zhēn diàn bào phototelegram
 chuán zhēn fā sòng fax transmission
 chún zhēn tiān rán natural / authentic
 chún zhēn wú gòu pure of heart
仿 fǎng zhēn qíng jǐng real-life scenario
 fǎn pú guī zhēn variant of 返璞歸真|返璞归真[fan3 pu2 gui1 zhen1]
 guì quān zhēn luàn (slang, jocular, neologism c. 2006, used esp. in relation to public figures) the things you and your friends get up to (misbehavior, scandals etc) leave me shaking my head
 guī zhēn fǎn pú see 返璞歸真|返璞归真[fan3 pu2 gui1 zhen1]
 huán yuán zhēn xiàng to set the record straight / to clarify the facts
 Jiàn zhēn hé shang Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism
 jiǎ xì zhēn chàng fiction comes true / play-acting that turns into reality
 jī kě luàn zhēn to seem almost genuine / easily mistaken for the real thing
 jǐng shàng zhēn yāng Mao
 liáng fēng zhēn shì Mayo
 liù zì zhēn yán the six-syllable Sanskrit mantra of Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva (i.e. om mani padme hum)
 měi mèng chéng zhēn a dream come true
 qiáo běn zhēn yě Shinya
 shā zhēn jūn jì fungicide
 shú zhēn shú jiǎ what is true and what is fake
 xū wěi lèi zhēn false but apparently real
 yī líng zhēn xìng soul / spirit
 zài zhēn kōng zhōng in a vacuum
 zhèng jiào zhēn quán Exegesis of true religion by Wang Daiyu 王岱輿|王岱舆[Wang2 Dai4 yu2], a study of Islam / also translated as Real hermeneutics of orthodox religion
 zhèng quán zhēn kōng power vacuum / political vacuum
  positive displacement pump / positive pump
  aspect-ratio distortion
  high-distortion country
  anti-aliasing filter / anti-alias filter / alias filter
 Aò mǔ Zhēn lǐ jiào Aum Shinrikyo (or Supreme Truth), the Japanese death cult responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway
 Dào zhēn zì zhì xiàn Daozhen Klau and Hmong autonomous county in Zunyi 遵義|遵义[Zun1 yi4], northeast Guizhou
 duǎn wěn zhēn hǎi tún short-beaked common dolphin
仿 fǎng zhēn fú wù qì emulation server
 huàn nàn jiàn zhēn qíng true sentiments are seen in hard times (idiom) / you see who your true friends are when you go through tough times together / you see who your true friends are when you are in difficulties
 jiǔ hòu tǔ zhēn yán after wine, spit out the truth / in vino veritas
西 xiǎo xī zhēn nài měi Manami
 zǒng xié bō shī zhēn (acoustics) total harmonic distortion (THD)
  periodic and genuine elections
  plain fax
 jiǔ lóng zhēn guāng zhōng xué Kowloon
西 xī ān dà qīng zhēn sì Great
  right to truth
  Clarification Commission
  Commission on the Truth
 bù shì Lú shān zhēn miàn mù lit. not to know the true face of Lushan Mountain / fig. can't see the forest for the trees
 bù shí Lú shān zhēn miàn mù lit. not to know the true face of Lushan Mountain (idiom) / fig. can't see the forest for the trees
西 cháng chūn zhēn rén xī yóu jì Travels
 diàn shì zhēn rén xiù jié mù reality TV show
 huǒ yǎn jīn jīng shí zhēn jiǎ fiery eyes and golden pupils can discern truth from falsehood (idiom)
 yē sū zhēn zhèng de jiā rén Jesus'
  Al-Aqsa mosque compound
  Real Women of Canada
  Joint Committee for the Emergence of the Truth / Komite mete men pou verite blayi
  Commission to Clarify Past Human Rights Violations and Acts of Violence that have Caused the Guatemalan Population to Suffer / Historical Clarification Commission
  National Truth and Reconciliation Commission
 Dào zhēn Gē lǎo zú Miáo zú Zì zhì xiàn Daozhen Klau and Hmong Autonomous County in Zunyi 遵義|遵义[Zun1 yi4], northeast Guizhou
  Justice, Truth and Reconciliation Commission
  Conference in Search of the True Meaning of Peace
  International Society for Human and Animal Mycology
 huàn nàn zhī jiāo cái shì zhēn zhèng de péng you a friend in need is a friend indeed (English proverb) / cf idiom 患難之交|患难之交, a friend in need
 jí fēng zhī jìn cǎo , liè huǒ jiàn zhēn jīn lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds and true gold stands the test of fire (idiom) / fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis
 shí jiàn shì jiǎn yàn zhēn lǐ de wéi yī biāo zhǔn Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth (item from Deng Xiaoping theory, from 1978)
  National Commission for Truth and Justice
  Trust Fund for the Commission on the Truth for El Salvador
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