Chinese symbol for “authentic”
地道
dì dao
authentic; genuine; proper
The closest CC-CEDICT match for authentic is 地道 (dì dao), defined as: authentic; genuine; proper.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “authentic”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 真迹 (真跡) | zhēn jì | authentic (painting or calligraphy); genuine work (of famous artist) |
| 诚 (誠) | chéng | (bound form) sincere; authentic; (literary) really; truly |
| 真确 (真確) | zhēn què | authentic |
| 原汁原味 | yuán zhī yuán wèi | original; authentic |
| 正宗 | zhèng zōng | orthodox school; fig. traditional |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 地道.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地区 (地區) | dì qū | region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system) |
| 地方 | dì fāng | region; regional (away from the central administration) |
| 当地 (當地) | dāng dì | local |
| 土地 | tǔ dì | land; soil |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5] |
| 报道 (報道) | bào dào | to report (news); report |
| 难道 (難道) | nán dào | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? |
| 道路 | dào lù | road; path |
See also: Japanese symbol for “authentic”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.