真誠

See also: 真诚

Chinese

		real; true; genuine	honest; sincere; true
trad. (真誠/眞誠)		真/眞	誠
simp. (真诚)		真	诚

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhēnchéng

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄣㄔㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹ sing⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chin-sêng
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tsen-zen

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣㄔㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhenchéng
  - Wade–Giles: chên¹-chʻêng²
  - Yale: jēn-chéng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jencherng
  - Palladius: чжэньчэн (čžɛnʹčɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zan¹ sing⁴
  - Yale: jān sìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹ sing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zen¹ xing⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chin-sêng
  - Tâi-lô: tsin-sîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cinseeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin³³ siɪŋ²⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹tsen-zen
  - MiniDict: tsen^平 zen
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsen-zen
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sən⁵⁵ zən²¹/

Adjective

真誠

sincere; genuine; true

Synonyms

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允 (Classical Chinese)
實在 / 实在
實誠 / 实诚 (shíchéng) (colloquial)
悃誠 / 悃诚 (kǔnchéng) (literary)
慥慥 (zàozào) (literary)
懇切 / 恳切 (kěnqiè)
殷切 (yīnqiè)
熱誠 / 热诚 (rèchéng)
真心 (zhēnxīn)
真摯 / 真挚 (zhēnzhì)
老實 / 老实 (lǎoshí)
虔心 (qiánxīn)
親切 / 亲切 (qīnqiè)
誠信 / 诚信 (chéngxìn)
誠實 / 诚实 (chéngshí)
誠心 / 诚心 (chéngxīn)
誠懇 / 诚恳 (chéngkěn)
誠摯 / 诚挚 (chéngzhì)
諄諄 / 谆谆 (zhūnzhūn) (of teaching)
赤忱 (chìchén) (literary)
赤誠 / 赤诚 (chìchéng)

Related terms

誠偽／诚伪 (chéngwěi)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (真誠):

→ Japanese: 真誠(しんせい) (shinsei)
→ Korean: 진성(眞誠) (jinseong)
→ Vietnamese: chân thành (真誠)

Pronunciation 2

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chin-chiâⁿ

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chin-chiâⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsin-tsiânn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cincviaa
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siã²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siã²⁴/

Adverb

真誠

(Taiwanese Hokkien) very; highly; really; truly

Synonyms

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不要太 (bùyàotài) (slang)
十分 (shífēn)
危險 / 危险 (Wu)
壞 / 坏 (huài)
孔 (kǒng) (literary, or in compounds)
很 (hěn)
極其 / 极其 (jíqí)
極度 / 极度 (jídù)
極為 / 极为 (jíwéi)
極端 / 极端 (jíduān)
滾 / 滚 (gǔn) (literary, or in compounds)
異常 / 异常 (yìcháng)
老大 (lǎodà) (colloquial, usually in the negative)
良
超 (chāo)
非常 (fēicháng)
頗 / 颇 (pō) (literary)
頗為 / 颇为 (pōwéi) (literary)

Dialectal synonyms of 很 (“very”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		甚, 孔
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		很, 非常, 十分
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	挺, 很, 倍兒, 怪
	Taiwan	很, 好, 非常, 超, 蠻, 超級
	Malaysia	很
	Singapore	很, 蠻, 非常
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	挺, 很, 傻, 老, 倍兒, 齁兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	挺, 楞
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	很
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	很, 好
	Chongqing	很
	Wuhan	蠻, 很
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	蠻, 稀, 很
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	很
Cantonese	Guangzhou	好, 非常之
	Hong Kong	好, 非常, 非常之, 超, 勁, 十分之, 無敵
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	好
	Taishan	好, 十分之
	Yangjiang	好
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	好
	Singapore (Guangfu)	好, 非常之, 非常
Gan	Nanchang	蠻
Hakka	Meixian	好, 刮, 已, 還, 異, 還 exclamation
	Huidong (Daling)	好
	Wuhua (Meilin)	好
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	頂
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	好
	Changting	野
	Wuping (Pingyu)	已, 刮
	Liancheng	樣
	Ninghua	好
	Ruijin	蠻
	Shicheng	蠻
	Shangyou (Shexi)	蠻
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	當, 已, 還
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蓋, 盡, 還
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	當, 盡, 已, 還
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	當, 已, 還
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	當, 已, 還
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	足, 真, 實在
	Hong Kong	好
	Sabah (Bao'an)	好
	Kuching (Hepo)	很
	Singapore (Dabu)	好
Jin	Taiyuan	很, 挺
Northern Min	Jian'ou	盡
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	野, 真
	Singapore (Fuqing)	真
	Sitiawan (Gutian)	真
Southern Min	Xiamen	真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 非常, 真正, 設汰, 一
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	真
	Quanzhou	真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 設汰
	Jinjiang	野, 萬代
	Zhangzhou	盡, 蓋, 足, 足範, 有夠, 出奇, 極死, 見死, 死了了, 死人, 設汰, 設汰仔
	Zhao'an	很, 真, 死絕, 好, 非常
	Dongshan	真, 非常
	Taipei	真, 誠
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	真, 誠
	Kaohsiung	有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋
	Yilan	有夠, 足, 誠, 盡
	Changhua (Lukang)	真, 誠
	Taichung	誠, 蓋, 足
	Tainan	有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋
	Hsinchu	真, 誠
	Kinmen	足, 誠
	Penghu (Magong)	真, 誠
	Penang (Hokkien)	真, 誠, 真正
	Singapore (Hokkien)	真, 死爸, 真正, 誠, 足, 有夠
	Manila (Hokkien)	野, 真, 萬代, 真誠, 誠, 有夠
	Medan (Hokkien)	按呢, 真, 誠, 真正
	Chaozhou	過, 好, 非常, 死爸
	Shantou	過, 鐵, 好, 很, 死爸, 死絕
	Shantou (Chenghai)	好, 死絕
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	好, 非常
	Jieyang	過, 好, 死爸, 死絕
	Bangkok (Teochew)	好
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	好
	Singapore (Teochew)	真, 死爸, 非常
	Wenchang	極, 但顧, 真
	Haikou	但顧
	Qionghai	但顧, 真
	Singapore (Hainanese)	但顧, 真
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	好, 蠻
Wu	Shanghai	蠻, 老, 邪氣, 老老, 瞎, 絕, 十分, 十二萬分, 非常, 非常之, 畢, 畢畢, 來得, 來得個, 煞, 交關, 十二分 rare, 窮 dated, 野 dated, 邪 dated
	Suzhou	蠻, 窮
	Hangzhou	蠻, 交關, 木佬佬, 冒
	Ningbo	交關, 蠻, 堪, 𣍐好, 𣍐派, 甮派, 出格, 木牢牢 rare, 猛 rare
	Zhoushan	交關, 蠻, 猛, 堪, 出格, 木牢牢 rare
	Wenzhou	蠻, 蒙, 顯
Xiang	Changsha	很, 蠻
Xiang	Shuangfeng	蠻