Chinese symbol for “lifelike”
逼真
bī zhēn
lifelike; true to life; distinctly; clearly
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lifelike is 逼真 (bī zhēn), defined as: lifelike; true to life; distinctly; clearly.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “lifelike”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 动感 (動感) | dòng gǎn | sense of movement (often in a static work of art); dynamic |
| 传神 (傳神) | chuán shén | vivid; lifelike |
| 活色生香 | huó sè shēng xiāng | (of a flower) vividly colorful and fragrant; (of a woman) captivating; charming |
| 迫真 | pò zhēn | (literary) lifelike; realistic; vivid; (Internet slang) used parenthetically to mark the preceding statement as ironic, exaggerated or unserious |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 逼真.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 逼近 | bī jìn | to press on towards; to close in on |
| 逼迫 | bī pò | to force; to compel |
| 逼人 | bī rén | pressing; threatening |
| 逼供 | bī gòng | to extort a confession |
| 咄咄逼人 | duō duō bī rén | overbearing; forceful |
| 真的 | zhēn de | really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine |
| 真正 | zhēn zhèng | genuine; real; true; really; indeed |
| 真是 | zhēn shi | indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lifelike”.
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.
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