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真 (zan1) — true; real; factual; genuine; actual; substantial; really; truly in Cantonese

zanˉ¹真
Mandarin Pinyin: zhen1

Meaning of 真

nountrue; real; factual; genuine; actual; substantial; really; truly
nounthe highest sincerity one is capable of
nouna Chinese family name
adjectivetrue; real; genuine
adverbreally; truly; indeed

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Example Sentences with 真

ngoˏ₅我zanˉ¹真haiˍ₆係mˎ₄唔mingˎ₄明baakˍ₆白keoiˏ₅佢dimˊ²點gaaiˊ²解gamˊ²噉joengˊ²樣zouˍ₆做aa˗₃呀。
I really don't understand why he acts/behaves like this.
佢真係好快
He is really fast.
能見到你真是太好了。
It was nice meeting you.
你今日嘅打扮真係潮爆！
You look really fashionable today!
我哋樖聖誕樹係真定係假㗎?
Shall we get a real Christmas tree or an artificial one?
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Words Containing 真

真金白銀zan1 gam1 baak6 ngan4
real money; hard cash
真的zan1 dik1
real; true; veritable
真珊瑚zan1 saan1 wu4
true coral
真絲zan1 si1
silk
真海豚zan1 hoi2 tyun4
common dolphin
真夠運zan1 gau3 wan6
damn lucky
真人秀zan1 jan4 sau3
tv reality, reality show [粵]: 真人騷
真實zan1 sat6
real; true
真偽zan1 ngai6
true and false; genuine and counterfeit
真空吸塵zan1 hung1 kap1 can4
vacuum cleaning; to vacuum; to hoover
真愛zan1 oi3
true love
真誠zan1 sing4
sincere

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