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): ㄓㄣ ㄑㄧㄥˊ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnqíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄑㄧㄥˊ
    • 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: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chin-chêng
    • Tâi-lô: tsin-tsîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cinzeeng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin³³ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 真情

1. real or true situation; facts; actual state of affairs; truth

   • （鳳姐）因問：「是那裡來的？」入畫只得跪下，哭訴真情，說：「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：「珍大爷赏我哥哥的。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE

     (Fèng Jiě) yīn wèn: “Shì nǎlǐ lái de?” Rùhuà zhǐdé guìxià, kūsù zhēnqíng, shuō: “Zhēn Dàyé shǎng wǒ gēgē 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 the things] that Elder Master Zhen bestowed on my elder brother.”

2. true feelings; real sentiments

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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) 

1. true feelings of the heart

   Synonym: 真心 (magokoro)

2. 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) 

1. truthfulness, sincerity, honesty, soundness

   Synonyms: 誠実 (seijitsu), 堅実 (kenjitsu)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
真	情

Noun

真情

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

Adjective

真情

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