真善美

Chinese

		real; true; genuine	good	beautiful; beauty; America
trad. (真善美/眞善美)		真/眞	善	美
simp. (真善美)		真	善	美

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhēn-shàn-měi

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄣㄕㄢˋ ㄇㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹ sin⁶ mei⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chin-siān-bí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhēn-shàn-měi
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣㄕㄢˋ ㄇㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhenshànměi
  - Wade–Giles: chên¹-shan⁴-mei³
  - Yale: jēn-shàn-měi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenshannmeei
  - Palladius: чжэньшаньмэй (čžɛnʹšanʹmɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ʂän⁵¹ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zan¹ sin⁶ mei⁵
  - Yale: jān sihn méih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹ sin⁶ mei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: zen¹ xin⁶ méi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ siːn²² mei̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chin-siān-bí
  - Tâi-lô: tsin-siān-bí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cinsiexnbie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² siɛn²²⁻²¹ bi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin³³ siɛn⁴¹⁻²² bi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² siɛn²²⁻²¹ bi⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ siɛn³³⁻¹¹ bi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ siɛn³³⁻²¹ bi⁴¹/

Adjective

真善美

true, good and beautiful
Antonym: 假醜惡 / 假丑恶 (jiǎ-chǒu-è)

Noun

真善美

truth, goodness and beauty
- “为实现中国梦凝聚有力道德支撑 [Strong Ethnical Support for the Realization of the Chinese Dream]”, in People's Daily‎^[1] (overall work in Chinese), 27 September 2013, page 1
- 道德模范是社会道德建设的重要旗帜，要深入开展学习宣传道德模范活动，弘扬真善美，传播正能量。 [MSC, simp.]
  道德模範是社會道德建設的重要旗幟，要深入開展學習宣傳道德模範活動，弘揚真善美，傳播正能量。 [MSC, trad.]
  Dàodé mófàn shì shèhuì dàodé jiànshè de zhòngyào qízhì, yào shēnrù kāizhǎn xuéxí xuānchuán dàodé mófàn huódòng, hóngyáng zhēnshànměi, chuánbō zhèngnéngliàng. [Pinyin]
  Paragons of morality are important banners for building public ethics. We need to carry out campaigns to publicize such paragons of morality and let people learn from them, foster the true, the good and the beautiful, and spread positive energy.

Antonyms

假醜惡／假丑恶 (jiǎ-chǒu-è)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (真善美):

→ Japanese: 真(しん)善(ぜん)美(び) (shinzenbi)
→ Korean: 진선미(眞善美) (jinseonmi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
真	善	美
しん Grade: 3	ぜん Grade: 6	び Grade: 3
on'yomi	goon	kan'on

Alternative spelling
眞善美 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しんぜんび [shìńzéꜜǹbì] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [ɕĩnd͡zẽ̞mbʲi]

Noun

真(しん)善(ぜん)美(び) • (shinzenbi)

(philosophy, art) truth, goodness and beauty; the true, the good and the beautiful (the ultimate goal of any academic, moralistic or artistic pursuit)
真(しん)善(ぜん)美(び)の追(つい)求(きゅう)
shinzenbi no tsuikyū
the pursuit of truth, goodness and beauty

See also

善(ぜん)美(び) (zenbi)