Chinese symbol for “genuine”
真正
zhēn zhèng
genuine; real; true; really; indeed
The closest CC-CEDICT match for genuine is 真正 (zhēn zhèng), defined as: genuine; real; true; really; indeed.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “genuine”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 正版 | zhèng bǎn | genuine; legal |
| 原装 (原裝) | yuán zhuāng | genuine; intact in original packaging (not locally assembled and packaged) |
| 淳 | chún | genuine; pure |
| 真 | zhēn | really; truly |
| 真诚 (真誠) | zhēn chéng | sincere; genuine; true |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 真正.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 真的 | zhēn de | really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine |
| 真是 | zhēn shi | indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) |
| 真实 (真實) | zhēn shí | true; real |
| 认真 (認真) | rèn zhēn | conscientious; earnest |
| 真相 | zhēn xiàng | the truth about sth; the actual facts |
| 正在 | zhèng zài | to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing |
| 正式 | zhèng shì | formal; official |
| 正常 | zhèng cháng | normal; regular |
See also: Japanese symbol for “genuine”.
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.