Chinese symbol for “indeed”
真是
zhēn shi
indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for indeed is 真是 (zhēn shi), defined as: indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “indeed”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 确实 (確實) | què shí | indeed; really |
| 真的 | zhēn de | really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine |
| 诚然 (誠然) | chéng rán | indeed; true! (I agree with you) |
| 真 | zhēn | really; truly |
| 可不是 | kě bu shì | (coll.) exactly!; indeed; that's for sure |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 真是.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 真的 | zhēn de | really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine |
| 真正 | zhēn zhèng | genuine; real; true; really; indeed |
| 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 |
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 就是 | jiù shì | exactly; precisely; only; simply; just |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
See also: Japanese symbol for “indeed”.
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.