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真
- zhēn (zhen¹) Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
- ㄓㄣ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
- zen¹ Mandarin, Chengdu, Sichuanese
- җын (žɨn, I) Mandarin, Dongan, Cyrillic
- zan¹ Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong
- zin¹ Cantonese, Taishanese, Wiktionary specific
- ziin¹ Gan, Wiktionary specific
- chṳ̂n Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
- zen¹ Hakka, 梅縣, 客家話拼音
- zeng¹ Jin, Wiktionary specific
- céng Min Bei, 建寧羅馬字
- cĭng Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
- chin Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
- zing¹ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
- zêng¹ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
- ¹tsen Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
- zhen¹ Xiang, Changsha, Wiktionary specific
- zhēn Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
- jhen Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
- chên¹ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
- jēn Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
- jen Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
- чжэнь Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
- /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
- zen Mandarin, Chengdu, Latinxua Sin Wenz
- /t͡sən⁵⁵/ Mandarin, Chengdu, IPA
Where it comes from
會意漢字:匕 (“勺子、叉子”) + 鼎 (“古代食品容器”) – 用叉子從大鍋裡取食物。或者說,是貞 (上古 *teŋ, “占卜”)的一個古代變體。
來自原始漢藏語;與藏語 བདེན (bden,“真實、真理”)同源。可能與貞 (上古 *teŋ) 有關(Schuessler, 2007)。
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In English
Talk about this word "真." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%9C%9F. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. 真. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%9C%9F "真." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%9C%9F.Cite this
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title = {真},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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