真 zhēn
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adjective
real; true; genuine
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 真实; variant: 眞 (CCD '真' 1; FE '真' 1; Guoyu '真' adj; Kroll 2015 '真' 2, p. 598; Mathews 1931 '真', p. 36; Unihan '真'; XHZD '真' 1, p. 967) -
adverb
really; indeed; genuinely
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison , Concept: Degree 程度
Notes: In the sense of 的确 or 实在 (CCD '真' 2; FE '真' 1; Guoyu '真' adv; Kroll 2015 '真' 3, p. 599; XHZD '真' 2, p. 967) -
adjective
sincere
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (FE '真' 2; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 1351) -
proper noun
Zhen
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (CCD '真' 7； FE '真' 3; Guoyu '真' n 5) -
adverb
clearly; unmistakably
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 清楚 (CCD '真' 3; XHZD '真' 3, p. 967) -
noun
regular script
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Art
Notes: In the sense of 真书 (CCD '真' 4; XHZD '真' 4, p. 967) -
noun
a portrait
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 肖像 (CCD '真' 5; Guoyu '真' n 3; Mathews 1931 '真', p. 37) -
noun
natural state
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 本性 (CCD '真' 6; Guoyu '真' n 2; Kroll 2015 '真' 1, p. 599; XHZD '真' 5, p. 967) -
adjective
perfect
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '真' 1b, p. 598) -
adjective
ideal
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '真' 1c, p. 598) -
noun
an immortal
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Taoism
Notes: As in 真人 (Guoyu '真' n 1) -
noun
a true official appointment
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '真' n 4; Mathews 1931 '真', p. 37) -
adjective
True
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism) -
adjective
true
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: tattva, Japanese: shin (BCSD '眞', p. 876; DJBT '眞', p. 424; MW 'tattva'; SH '眞', p. 331)
Contained in
- 净土真宗(淨土真宗) Jōdo Shinshū
- 诸佛境界摄真实经(諸佛境界攝真實經) The Buddha Realms Emcompass True Reality Sutra; Zhu Fo Jingjie She Zhenshi Jing
- 真言门(真言門) dhāraṇī gateway
- 金刚顶降三世大仪轨法王教中观自在菩萨心真言一切如来莲华大曼荼罗品(金剛頂降三世大儀軌法王教中觀自在菩薩心真言一切如來蓮華大曼荼羅品) Vajra Pinnacle Trailokyavijaya Ritual Manual Great Dharma Teacher Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Heart Mantra All Tathagatas Lotus Mandala Chapter; Jingang Ding Jiang San Shi Da Yi Gui Fa Wang Jiao Zhong Guanzizai Pusa Xin Zhenyan Yiqie Rulai Lianhua Da Mantuluo Pin
- 圣妙吉祥真实名经(聖妙吉祥真實名經) Sheng Miao Jixiang Zhenshi Ming Jing
- 受真言法 procedures for accepting mantras
- 休抛真谛求真谛 但识凡心即佛心(休拋真諦求真諦 但識凡心即佛心) Never search the Truth by turning away from it; Realize the buddha-mind through the ordinary mind.
- 真色无形(真色無形) true form has no shape
- 真善美新闻传播奖(真善美新聞傳播獎) Truthful, Virtuous and Beautiful Media Award
- 鹿门处真(鹿門處真) Lumen Chuzhen
- 其心不真 this mind is not true
- 嘉真觉禅师证道歌(嘉真覺禪師證道歌) Yongjia's Song for the Path to Enlightenment
- 真如海 Ocean of True Thusness
- 惺真曰智 to realize the truth is called wisdom
- 云门匡真(雲門匡真) Yunmen Kuangzhen
- 学如川流无止尽 名似泡影悟真空(學如川流無止盡 名似泡影悟真空) Knowledge is like an everflowing river; Fame is truly but empty bubbles and shadows.
- 偏真圆真(偏真圓真) partially true and completely true
- 四大皆空示现有 五蕴和合亦非真(四大皆空示現有 五蘊和合亦非真) The empty nature of the Four Elements manifests in existence; The incorporation of the Five Aggregates is not real either.
- 须真天子所问经(須真天子所問經) Suvikrāntacintādevaputraparipṛcchā
- 持真言行者 the practitioner reciting the mantra
- 真智 Zhen Zhi
- 鑑真 Jianzhen
- 十字佛顶印真言(十字佛頂印真言) Ten Syllable Usnisa Mudra Mantra
- 施一切众生无畏真言(施一切眾生無畏真言) Sarvasattvabhayamdada Mantra
- 真实汉(真實漢) a true adept
- 金刚顶超胜三界经说文殊五字真言胜相(金剛頂超勝三界經說文殊五字真言勝相) Trailokyavijayamahākalparājā; Jingang Ding Chao Sheng San Jie Jing Shuo Wen Shu Wu Zi Zhenyan Sheng Xiang
- 养成大拙方为巧 学到真愚始知贤(養成大拙方為巧 學到真愚始知賢) Mental agility is the ability to show wisdom in disguise of foolishness; Sagehood is not attained until one learns the true art of foolishness.
- 真一 True One
- 四大译师; 1. 鸠摩罗什 2. 玄奘 3. 真谛 4. 义净 * 不空(四大譯師; 1. 鳩摩羅什 2. 玄奘 3. 真諦 4. 義淨 * 不空) Four Great Chinese Translators: 1. Kumarajiva; 2. Xuanzang; 3. Paramartha; 4. Yijing; * Amoghavajra (The Esoteric School additionally venerates the translator Amoghavajra, who they recognize as the Sixth Patriarch of their school.)
- 真善美媒体贡献奖(真善美媒體貢獻獎) Truthful, Virtuous, and Beautiful Media Awards
- 真俗不二 there is no duality between the real and the conventional truth
- 真言乘 mantrayāna
- 一切法真如平等 all dharmas are identical to tathatā
- 真陀摩尼 mani jewel; cintāmaṇi
Also contained in
真正 、 九真 、 孰真孰假 、 真数 、 真武斋 、 真释 、 真龙 、 较真儿 、 真菌 、 虚伪类真 、 写真集 、 真树 、 真伪 、 真材 、 一灵真性 、 真刀真枪 、 真实感
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 3 Dasheng Yi Zhang 大乘義章 — count: 191
- Scroll 7 Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經 — count: 167 , has English translation , has parallel version
- Scroll 3 Er Di Yi 二諦義 — count: 114
- Scroll 2 Notes on the Meaning of the Śūraṅgama Sūtra 首楞嚴義疏注經 — count: 112
- Scroll 2 Er Di Yi 二諦義 — count: 108
- Scroll 1 Treatise on the Mystery of the Mahayana 大乘玄論 — count: 105
- Scroll 2 Dasheng Fa Yuan Yi Lin Zhang 大乘法苑義林章 — count: 97
- Scroll 5 Wei Mo Jing Lue Shu 維摩經略疏 — count: 96
- Scroll 3 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 91
- Scroll 10 Dasheng Guang Bai Lun Shi Lun 大乘廣百論釋論 — count: 87
Collocations
- 真说 (真說) 真說 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 24
- 真金 (真金) 真金千輻具 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 21
- 今真 (今真) 我今真為轉輪聖王 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 15
- 尊者真 (尊者真) 尊者真迦旃延去尊者阿那律陀不遠而燕坐也 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 19 — count: 11
- 真婆罗门 (真婆羅門) 是真婆羅門 — The Story of the Two Brahmins Vāsiṣṭa and Bhāradvāja (Baiyi Jin Chuang Er Poluomen Yuanqi Jing) 白衣金幢二婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 1 — count: 11
- 真迦旃延 (真迦旃延) 尊者真迦旃延去尊者阿那律陀不遠而燕坐也 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 19 — count: 11
- 真金色 (真金色) 微妙真金色 — Sutra of the Seven Buddhas 七佛經, Scroll 1 — count: 9
- 真梵行 (真梵行) 似如真梵行 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 29 — count: 8
- 真子 (真子) 佛最上真子 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 29 — count: 7
- 宝真 (寶真) 此白象寶真為我瑞 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 6