真是
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]real; true; genuine | be; yes; this | ||
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trad. (真是/眞是) | 真/眞 | 是 | |
simp. (真是) | 真 | 是 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zan1 si6
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chin-sǐ / chin-sī
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1tsen-zy6
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄕˋ → ㄓㄣ ˙ㄕ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhenshi̊h
- Wade–Giles: chên1-shih5
- Yale: jēn-shr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jen.shyh
- Palladius: чжэньши (čžɛnʹši)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ → /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²/
- Homophones:
[Show/Hide] 珍視 / 珍视
甄試 / 甄试
真事
真是
貞士 / 贞士
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: zan1 si6
- Yale: jān sih
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzan1 si6
- Guangdong Romanization: zen1 xi6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ siː²²/
- Homophones:
珍視 / 珍视
真事
真是
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- Wu
Interjection
[edit]真是
- (colloquial) Used to express dissatisfaction or annoyance; honestly!
Synonyms
[edit]- 真是的 (zhēnshìde)
Verb
[edit]真是
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 真 (zhēn), 是 (shì): (it) really is; (it) truly is
See also
[edit]Categories:
- Mandarin terms with homophones
- Mandarin words containing toneless variants
- Cantonese terms with homophones
- Chinese lemmas
- Mandarin lemmas
- Cantonese lemmas
- Hokkien lemmas
- Wu lemmas
- Chinese interjections
- Mandarin interjections
- Cantonese interjections
- Hokkien interjections
- Wu interjections
- Chinese verbs
- Mandarin verbs
- Cantonese verbs
- Hokkien verbs
- Wu verbs
- Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Chinese terms spelled with 真
- Chinese terms spelled with 是
- Chinese colloquialisms
- Mandarin terms with usage examples
- Intermediate Mandarin