真 (zhēn) means Really (real - true - genuine). Below are 19 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
你的手表 真 漂亮。
Nǐ de shǒubiǎo zhēn piàoliang.
Your watch is really beautiful.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 真
这些花 真 漂亮。
Zhèxiē huā zhēn piàoliang.
These flowers are really beautiful.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 花
这些面条 真 好吃！
Zhèxiē miàntiáo zhēn hǎochī!
These noodles are really tasty!
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 好吃
请认 真 检查一下作业。
Qǐng rènzhēn jiǎnchá yíxià zuòyè.
Please check your homework carefully.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 认真
他要求我们认 真 练习。
Tā yāoqiú wǒmen rènzhēn liànxí.
He asks us to practise seriously.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 要求
From the graded readers
李老师上课非常认 真 。
lǐ lǎoshī shàng kè fēicháng rènzhēn.
Teacher Li is extremely conscientious in class.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Chinese Teacher
信上的字写得很大，很认 真 。
xìn shàng de / dì zì xiě dehěn dà, hěn rènzhēn.
The characters on the page were large and carefully formed.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · A Letter From Grandmother
我把那张纸拿出来一看——我 真 的忘了。
wǒ bǎ nà / nèi zhāng zhǐ náchū lái yī kàn / kān—— wǒ zhēnde wàngle.
I pulled out the list and looked — I really had forgotten it.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · At the Supermarket
我照了很多照片，可是照片没有 真 的好看。
wǒ zhào le / liǎo / liào hěnduō zhàopiàn, kěshì zhàopiàn méiyǒu zhēnde hǎokàn.
I took a lot of photos, but none of them was as good as the real thing.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Trip With Friends
那天我在群里看到一条消息，说我做事不认 真 。
nà / nèi tiān wǒ zài qún lǐ kàndào yī tiáo xiāoxi, shuō wǒ zuòshì bù rènzhēn.
That day I saw a message in a group chat saying I didn't take my work seriously.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding
我这才知道， 真 正尊重你的人，不会因为一次拒绝就离开。
wǒ zhè / zhèi cái zhīdào, zhēnzhèng zūnzhòng nǐ de rén, bùhuì yīnwèi yīcì jùjué jiù líkāi.
That was when I learned that people who genuinely respect you don't leave over one refusal.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
From the travel phrasebook
我 真 的不能再喝了。
Wǒ zhēn de bù néng zài hē le.
I really can't drink any more.
Travel phrasebook · Business dining and toasting
Words that contain 真
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 真
How is 真 used in a sentence?
This page shows 19 sentences using 真 (zhēn, "Really (real - true - genuine)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 真 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 真 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 真 an HSK word?
Yes — 真 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 真?
The dictionary page for 真 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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