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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

逼 bī
to bother, to pressure; to compel, to force
radical 162 ⾡ · 13 strokes
真 zhēn
real, actual, true, genuine
radical 109 ⽬ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “lifelike”

WordPinyinMeaning
动感 (動感)dòng gǎnsense of movement (often in a static work of art); dynamic
传神 (傳神)chuán shénvivid; 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.

WordPinyinMeaning
逼近bī jìnto press on towards; to close in on
逼迫bī pòto force; to compel
逼人bī rénpressing; threatening
逼供bī gòngto extort a confession
咄咄逼人duō duō bī rénoverbearing; forceful
真的zhēn dereally; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine
真正zhēn zhènggenuine; real; true; really; indeed
真是zhēn shiindeed; 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.