HSK 5 · Adjectives

真实 zhēnshí “true” in Chinese

Traditional 真實

What 真实 means

  1. true
  2. real

How to say 真实

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale真zhēn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale实shí2nd tone, rising

真实 in a sentence

  1. 我知道你不想去的真实原因。

    Wǒ zhīdao nǐ bù xiǎng qù de zhēnshí yuányīn.

    I know the real reason you don’t want to go.

    Sentence #7774606 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这个故事是基于真实事件写的。

    Zhè ge gùshi shì jīyú zhēnshí shìjiàn xiě de.

    This story is based on real events.

    Sentence #1964269 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你说的有几分是真实的。

    Nǐ shuō de yǒu jǐ fēn shì zhēnshí de.

    Some of what you say is true.

    Sentence #6452092 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 真实 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 真 (zhēn) with each of its parts in a different colour
真zhēnreally
  • 直straight · zhí
  • 几table · jī
The character 实 (shí) with each of its parts in a different colour
实shíreal
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 头head · tóu

Memory aidSimplified from 實, a house 宀 full of strings of coins: solid, real.

How to write 真实

真 10 strokes · 实 8 strokes

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

Words related to 真实

Words with 真

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

Words with 实

其实qíshí · actually诚实chéngshí · honest实际shíjì · actual确实quèshí · indeed实在shízài · really实际上shíjìshàng · in fact果实guǒshí · fruit (of a plant)实话shíhuà · truth实现shíxiàn · to achieve结实jiēshi · sturdy

More words: Adjectives

圆yuán · circle糟糕zāogāo · too bad窄zhǎi · narrow整齐zhěngqí · orderly直zhí · straight重大zhòngdà · major周到zhōudào · thoughtful主观zhǔguān · subjective

FAQs

真实 (zhēnshí) means “true” or “real”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zhēnshí: zhēn with a 1st tone, then shí with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 真实 is written 真實. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhenshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 真实 from the suggestions. Typing zhenshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
真实 is an HSK 5 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.