HSK 6 · Food

清真 qīngzhēn “halal” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 清真 means

  1. halal
  2. Muslim
  3. Islamic
  4. halal (of food)

How to say 清真

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale清qīng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale真zhēn1st tone, high and level

清真 in a sentence

  1. 这个饭馆的菜是清真吗？

    Zhè ge fànguǎn de cài shì qīngzhēn ma?

    Is the food at this restaurant halal?

    Sentence #5150258 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这是一座房子，那是一座清真寺。

    Zhè shì yí zuò fángzi, nà shì yí zuò qīngzhēnsì.

    This is a house and that is a mosque.

    Sentence #10260756 from Tatoeba

How 清真 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 清 (qīng) with each of its parts in a different colour
清qīngclear; clean
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 青blue-green · qīngSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 青 (qīng) hints at the sound. Compare it with qīng.

The character 真 (zhēn) with each of its parts in a different colour
真zhēnreally
  • 直straight · zhí
  • 几table · jī

How to write 清真

清 11 strokes · 真 10 strokes

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清真 (qīngzhēn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 清真 (qīngzhēn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 清真

Words with 清

清楚qīngchu · clear清淡qīngdàn · light (of food清晨qīngchén · early morning澄清chéngqīng · to clarify清除qīngchú · to clear away清理qīnglǐ · to clear up清澈qīngchè · clear清洁qīngjié · clean清晰qīngxī · clear清醒qīngxǐng · sober

Words with 真

真zhēn · true认真rènzhēn · serious传真chuánzhēn · fax真正zhēnzhèng · genuine天真tiānzhēn · naive真实zhēnshí · true真挚zhēnzhì · sincere真理zhēnlǐ · truth真相zhēnxiàng · the truth

More words: Food & Dining

可口kěkǒu · tasty狼吞虎咽lángtūnhǔyàn · to wolf down (food)烹饪pēngrèn · cooking品尝pǐncháng · to taste涮火锅shuànhuǒguō · to eat hotpot素食sùshí · vegetarian food调料tiáoliào · seasoning馅儿xiànr · filling

FAQs

清真 (qīngzhēn) means “halal” or “Muslim”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qīngzhēn: qīng with a 1st tone, then zhēn with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 清真 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qingzhen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 清真 from the suggestions. Typing qingzhen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
清真 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.