真情

Chinese

		real; true; genuine	feeling; emotion; passion feeling; emotion; passion; situation
trad. (真情/眞情)		真/眞	情
simp. (真情)		真	情

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhēnqíng

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄣㄑㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹ cing⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chin-chêng

(Teochew, Peng'im): zing¹ cêng⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnqíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣㄑㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhencíng
  - Wade–Giles: chên¹-chʻing²
  - Yale: jēn-chíng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenchyng
  - Palladius: чжэньцин (čžɛnʹcin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zan¹ cing⁴
  - Yale: jān chìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹ tsing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zen¹ qing⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chin-chêng
  - Tâi-lô: tsin-tsîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cinzeeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin³³ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zing¹ cêng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsing tshêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰeŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

真情

real or true situation; facts; actual state of affairs; truth
- 18th century, Cao Xueqin, chapter 74, in Dream of the Red Chamber:
  
  [鳳姐] 因問：「是那裡來的？」入畫只得跪下哭訴真情說：「這是珍大爺賞我哥哥的。[…]」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  [凤姐] 因问：「是那里来的？」入画只得跪下哭诉真情说：「这是珍大爷赏我哥哥的。[…]」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  [Fèng Jiě] yīn wèn: “Shì nǎlǐ lái de?” Rùhuà zhǐdé guì xià kūsù zhēnqíng shuō: “Zhè shì Zhēn Dàyé shǎng wǒ gēge de. […]” [Pinyin]
  [Sister Feng] thus asks, “Where do [these things] come from?” Ruhua has no choice but to kneel down, tells the true matter cryingly, and says, “They are ones that Elder Master Zhen bestowed on my elder brother. […]”
true feelings; real sentiments

Synonyms

(real or true situation):

其實 / 其实 (qíshí) (literary)
實情 / 实情 (shíqíng)
實況 / 实况 (shíkuàng)
實際 / 实际 (shíjì)
實際情況 / 实际情况 (shíjì qíngkuàng)
現實 / 现实 (xiànshí)

(one's true feelings): (literary) 實情／实情 (shíqíng)

Derived terms

患難見真情 / 患难见真情 (huànnàn jiàn zhēnqíng)
真情實意 / 真情实意
真情流露

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
真	情
しん Grade: 3	じょう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
眞情 (kyūjitai)

Noun

真(しん)情(じょう) • (shinjō)

true feelings of the heart
Synonym: 真心 (magokoro)
real or true situation, state of affairs
Synonym: 実情 (jitsujō)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
真	情
ま Grade: 3	じょう Grade: 5
jūbakoyomi

Alternative spelling
眞情 (kyūjitai)

Noun

真(ま)情(じょう) • (majō)

truthfulness, sincerity, honesty, soundness
Synonyms: 誠実 (seijitsu), 堅実 (kenjitsu)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
真	情

Noun

真情

chữ Hán form of chân tình (“utter sincerity; true feelings”)

Adjective

真情

chữ Hán form of chân tình (“very sincere; heartfelt”)