真相

See also: 眞相

Chinese

	real; true; genuine	each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually
trad. (真相/眞相)	真/眞	相
simp. (真相)	真	相
alternative forms	真象真像

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhēnxiàng

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄣㄒㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹ soeng³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂n-siong
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chin-siòng / chin-siàng

(Teochew, Peng'im): zing¹ siang³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnxiàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣㄒㄧㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhensiàng
  - Wade–Giles: chên¹-hsiang⁴
  - Yale: jēn-syàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenshianq
  - Palladius: чжэньсян (čžɛnʹsjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zan¹ soeng³
  - Yale: jān seung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹ soeng³
  - Guangdong Romanization: zen¹ sêng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ sœːŋ³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂n-siong
  - Hakka Romanization System: ziin^ˊ xiong
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zin¹ xiong⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨn²⁴⁻¹¹ si̯oŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chin-siòng
  - Tâi-lô: tsin-siòng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cinsioxng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin³³ siɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² siɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔŋ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chin-siàng
  - Tâi-lô: tsin-siàng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cinsiaxng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² siaŋ²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zing¹ siang³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsing siàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ³³⁻²³ siaŋ²¹³/

Noun

真相

actual facts; truth
揭露真相 ― jiēlù zhēnxiàng ― to expose the truth

事實真相／事实真相 ― shìshí zhēnxiàng ― the truth of the matter

不明真相的吃瓜群眾 [MSC, trad.]
不明真相的吃瓜群众 [MSC, simp.]
bùmíng zhēnxiàng de chīguā qúnzhòng [Pinyin]
the innocent bystanders

Synonyms

本相 (běnxiàng)
原形 (yuánxíng)

Derived terms

後真相 / 后真相 (hòuzhēnxiàng)
洞悉真相
真相大白 (zhēnxiàng dàbái)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (真相):

→ Japanese: 真相(しんそう) (shinsō)
→ Korean: 진상(眞相) (jinsang)
→ Vietnamese: chân tướng (真相)

Verb

真相

(neologism, slang) to speak the truth
童鞋，你真相了。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
Tóngxié, nǐ zhēnxiàng le. [Pinyin]
Mate, brave on you for telling the truth.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
真	相
しん Grade: 3	そう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
眞相 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しんそー [shìńsóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕĩɰ̃so̞ː]

Noun

真(しん)相(そう) • (shinsō)

fact, the truth

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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