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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēnchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹ sing⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chin-sêng / chin-chiâⁿ
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹tsen-zen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄔㄥˊ
    • 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)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chin-sêng
    • Tâi-lô: tsin-sîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cinseeng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin³³ siɪŋ²⁴/
  • (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/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹tsen-zen
    • MiniDict: tsen^平 zen
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsen-zen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sən⁵⁵ zən²¹/

Adjective

真誠

1. sincere; genuine; true

Synonyms

• 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)