HSK 6 · Ideas

真相 zhēnxiàng “the truth” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 真相 means

  1. the truth
  2. the real facts
  3. the truth about sth
  4. the actual facts

How to say 真相

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale相xiàng4th tone, falling

真相 in a sentence

  1. 没有人知道真相。

    Méiyǒu rén zhīdao zhēnxiàng.

    Nobody knows the truth.

    Sentence #408232 from Tatoeba

  2. 如果我知道真相，我就告诉你了。

    Rúguǒ wǒ zhīdao zhēnxiàng, wǒ jiù gàosu nǐ le.

    If I’d known the truth, I’d have told you.

    Sentence #5907522 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 直到今早我才知道了真相。

    Zhídào jīnzǎo wǒ cái zhīdao le zhēnxiàng.

    It wasn’t until this morning that I learnt the truth.

    Sentence #342202 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 真相 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 相 (xiāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
相xiàngappearance
  • 木tree · mù
  • 目eye · mù

Memory aidAn eye 目 looking at a tree 木: to look at, and so “each other”.

How to write 真相

真 10 strokes · 相 9 strokes

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

Words related to 真相

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清真qīngzhēn · halal真挚zhēnzhì · sincere真理zhēnlǐ · truth

Words with 相

相信xiāngxìn · to believe照相zhàoxiàng · to take a photo相机xiàngjī · camera照相机zhàoxiàngjī · camera相反xiāngfǎn · opposite相同xiāngtóng · the same互相hùxiāng · each other相处xiāngchǔ · to get along (with someone)相似xiāngsì · similar相当xiāngdāng · equivalent to

More words: Ideas & Concepts

展望zhǎnwàng · outlook正气zhèngqì · integrity争先恐后zhēngxiānkǒnghòu · to compete eagerly真理zhēnlǐ · truth指标zhǐbiāo · indicator支柱zhīzhù · pillar重心zhòngxīn · centre of gravity周折zhōuzhé · twists and turns

FAQs

真相 (zhēnxiàng) means “the truth” or “the real facts”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhēnxiàng: zhēn with a 1st tone, then xiàng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 真相 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhenxiang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 真相 from the suggestions. Typing zhenxiang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
真相 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.