HSK 4 · Function Words

真正 zhēnzhèng “genuine” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 真正 means

  1. genuine
  2. real
  3. true
  4. really
  5. indeed

How to say 真正

  • 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正zhèng4th tone, falling

真正 in a sentence

  1. 你真正的目标是什么？

    Nǐ zhēnzhèng de mùbiāo shì shénme?

    What’s your real goal?

    Sentence #8725790 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 真正的友谊比金钱更有价值。

    Zhēnzhèng de yǒuyì bǐ jīnqián gèng yǒu jiàzhí.

    Real friendship is more valuable than money.

    Sentence #482695 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我昨天才懂了她真正的意思。

    Wǒ zuótiān cái dǒng le tā zhēnzhèng de yìsi.

    It was only yesterday that I realised what she really meant.

    Sentence #14007935 from Tatoeba

How 真正 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 正 (zhèng) with each of its parts in a different colour
正zhèngstraight
  • 一one · yī
  • 止stop · zhǐ

Memory aidPicture a foot 止 heading straight for a line 一: straight, correct.

How to write 真正

真 10 strokes · 正 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 真正

Words with 真

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

Words with 正

正在zhèngzài · in the process of正常zhèngcháng · regular正确zhèngquè · correct正式zhèngshì · formal正好zhènghǎo · just (in time)正zhèng · just (in the middle of doing something)改正gǎizhèng · to correct反正fǎnzhèng · anyway正月zhēngyuè · first month of the lunar year更正gēngzhèng · to correct

More words: Particles & Connectors

于是yúshì · thereupon与yǔ · and原来yuánlái · original咱们zánmen · we正好zhènghǎo · just (in time)之zhī · of (formal equivalent of 的)值得zhíde · to be worth只要zhǐyào · if only

FAQs

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