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HSK 1adverbadjective

真

zhēn

真 (zhēn) means “really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine”. It is an HSK 1 Chinese character in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.

Stroke order

Practice writing

Example

真好!

Zhēn hǎo!

Really good!

Words containing 真

传真chuán zhēnfax; facsimile认真rèn zhēnconscientious; earnest; serious; to take seriously; to take to heart真正zhēn zhènggenuine; real; true; really; indeed真的zhēn dereally, truly, indeed天真tiān zhēnnaive; innocent; artless真实zhēn shítrue; real清真qīng zhēnIslamic; Muslim; halal (of food)真理zhēn lǐtruth真相zhēn xiàngthe truth about sth; the actual facts真挚zhēn zhìsincere; sincerity真诚zhēn chéngsincere; genuine; true

More HSK 1 vocabulary

HSK 1 →
爱àito love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)的deof; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute); (used to form a nominal expression); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); also pr. [dì] or [di] in poetry and songs八bāeight; 8爸爸bà ba(coll.) father; dad了le(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)我wǒI; me; my杯子bēi zicup; glass是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)你好nǐ hǎohello北京běi jīngBeijing, capital of the People's Republic of China你nǐyou (informal, as opposed to courteous 您)在zàito exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

Frequently asked questions

What does 真 mean?
真 (zhēn) means “really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine”. It is an HSK 1 word.
How is 真 pronounced?
真 is pronounced “zhēn” in pinyin.
What HSK level is 真?
真 belongs to HSK 1 in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
How do you write 真?
Follow the stroke-order animation above; 真 is written using standard stroke order. Practice it in the writing trainer.

Updated: 2026-05-27