寫真

See also: 寫眞 and 写真

Chinese

		to write	real; true; genuine
trad. (寫真/寫眞)		寫	真/眞
simp. (写真)		写	真

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiězhēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄓㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): se² zan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siá-chin
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵shia-tsen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiězhēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄓㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siějhen
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh³-chên¹
    • Yale: syě-jēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieejen
    • Palladius: сечжэнь (sečžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: se² zan¹
    • Yale: sé jān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: se² dzan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sé² zen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː³⁵ t͡sɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siá-chin
    • Tâi-lô: siá-tsin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siafcyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sia⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sia⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵shia-tsen
    • MiniDict: shia^去 tsen
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xia-tsen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕia³³ t͡sən⁴⁴/

Noun

寫真

1. portrait

Verb

寫真

1. to portray something accurately

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (寫真):

• → Japanese: 写真(しゃしん) (shashin)
• → Korean: 사진(寫眞) (sajin)
• → Vietnamese: tả chân (寫真)

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 写(しゃ)真(しん) (shashin).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiězhēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄓㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): se² zan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sià-sín
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siá-chin / sia-sín
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵shia-tsen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiězhēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄓㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siějhen
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh³-chên¹
    • Yale: syě-jēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieejen
    • Palladius: сечжэнь (sečžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: se² zan¹
    • Yale: sé jān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: se² dzan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sé² zen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː³⁵ t͡sɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sià-sín
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiaˇ xin`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xia² xin³
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯a¹¹ sin³¹/

Note: from Japanese pronunciation.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siá-chin
    • Tâi-lô: siá-tsin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siafcyn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /sia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sia⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sia⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sin³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sia-sín
    • Tâi-lô: sia-sín
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siasien
    • IPA (Taipei): /sia⁴⁴⁻³³ sin⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sia⁴⁴⁻³³ sin⁴¹/

Note: sia-sín - from Japanese pronunciation.

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵shia-tsen
    • MiniDict: shia^去 tsen
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xia-tsen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕia³³ t͡sən⁴⁴/

Noun

寫真

1. photograph; photo

   性感寫真／性感写真  ―  xìnggǎn xiězhēn  ―  sexy photos

2. photography

Usage notes

In Japanese, 写(しゃ)真(しん) (shashin) refers to photographs in general. However, in contemporary Chinese, 寫真／写真 (xiězhēn) often carries sexual connotations, commonly associated with 寫真集／写真集 (xiězhēnjí, “photo book”) which depict cheesecake models and porn starlets, a meaning absent in its original Japanese form.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 照片 (“photograph”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		照片, 相片
Mandarin	Beijing	相片兒
	Taiwan	相片
	Jinan	相片, 照片, 相片兒, 照片兒
	Luoyang	相片兒
	Wanrong	相片兒
	Xi'an	相片兒
	Ürümqi	相片子
	Wuhan	相片子, 相片, 相
	Chengdu	相片
	Guilin	相片
	Yangzhou	照片, 小照
	Hefei	相片
	Singapore	照片
	Dagudi (Maliba)	相片
	Reshuitang (Longling)	相片
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	相片
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	相片
Cantonese	Guangzhou	相片, 相
	Hong Kong	相
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	相
	Taishan	相
	Taishan (Guanghai)	相片, 相
	Kaiping (Chikan)	相
	Yangjiang	相
	Rongxian	相片
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	相片
	Hepu (Shatian)	相片
	Beihai	相片
	Beihai (Nankang)	相片
	Beihai (Yingpan)	相片
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	相片
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	相片
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	相片
	Ipoh (Guangfu)	相
	Singapore (Guangfu)	相片, 相
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	相片
	Móng Cái	相片
	Mandalay (Taishan)	相片
	Bangkok (Guangfu)	相片
	Betong (Rongxian)	相片
Gan	Nanchang	相片, 相片子
Hakka	Meixian	相片
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	相片, 寫真
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	相片, 寫真
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	相片, 寫真
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	相片, 寫真
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	相片, 寫真
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	相片, 寫真, 寫真相
	Hong Kong	相片
Jin	Taiyuan	相片子, 照相片
Northern Min	Jian'ou	相, 相片
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	相, 相片
	Matsu	相片
Southern Min	Xiamen	像片, 相, 小影, 影
	Quanzhou	像片, 影
	Zhangzhou	影
	Taipei	相片, 寫真
	Penang (Hokkien)	小影
	Singapore (Hokkien)	像
	Manila (Hokkien)	像
	Chaozhou	相
	Shantou	相片, 相
	Jieyang	小影, 相, 相片
	Bangkok (Teochew)	相片
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	相
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	小影, 相片
	Singapore (Teochew)	像
	Pontianak (Teochew)	相
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	相
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	相片
Wu	Shanghai	照相, 照片, 寫真
	Suzhou	照, 照片
	Wenzhou	照相
Xiang	Changsha	相片子, 相片, 相
	Shuangfeng	相片子, 相片

Derived terms

• 寫真集／写真集 (xiězhēnjí)

 

References

• (Min Nan) “Entry #52281”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
• (Min Nan) “Entry #31137”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.