写真 (寫真)
xiě zhēn
Pinyin

Definition

写真 (寫真)
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xiě zhēn
  1. portrait
  2. to describe sth accurately

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

真
zhēn
  1. 1 really
  2. 2 truly
  3. 3 indeed
  4. 4 real
  5. 5 true
  6. 6 genuine
真心
zhēn xīn
  1. 1 sincere
  2. 2 heartfelt
  3. 3 classifier: 片 piàn
天真
tiān zhēn
  1. 1 naive
  2. 2 innocent
  3. 3 artless
写真
xiě zhēn
  1. 1 portrait
  2. 2 to describe sth accurately
成真
chéng zhēn
  1. 1 to come true

Idioms (14)

千真万确
qiān zhēn wàn què
  1. 1 absolutely true (idiom)
  2. 2 manifold
  3. 3 true from many points of view
半真半假
bàn zhēn bàn jiǎ
  1. 1 (idiom) half true and half false
弄假成真
nòng jiǎ chéng zhēn
  1. 1 pretense that turns into reality (idiom); to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true
患难见真情
huàn nàn jiàn zhēn qíng
  1. 1 true sentiments are seen in hard times (idiom)
  2. 2 you see who your true friends are when you go through tough times together
  3. 3 you see who your true friends are when you are in difficulties
疾风知劲草，烈火见真金
jí fēng zhī jìn cǎo , liè huǒ jiàn zhēn jīn
  1. 1 the storm put strong grass to the test, fire tests true gold (idiom); fig. troubled times test a faithful minister
  2. 2 to show one's true colors after a stern test

Sample Sentences

看来你学日语还挺认真的！我觉得这几年汉语来自日语的词汇特别多，比如：量贩店、料理、人气、写真等等。不过我觉得这些词还是带有挺重的日本气息。
kànlai nǐ xué rìyǔ hái tǐng rènzhēn de ！wǒ juéde zhè jǐ nián hànyǔ láizì rìyǔ de cíhuì tèbié duō ，bǐrú ：liàngfàndiàn 、liàolǐ 、rénqì 、xiězhēn děngděng 。bùguò wǒ juéde zhèxiē cí háishì dàiyǒu tǐng zhòng de rìběn qìxī 。
Looks like you've studied Japanese very diligently! I think in the last few years a lot of words have come into Chinese from the Japanese. For example: wholesale stores, cuisine, popularity, portrait and so on. But I think these words have a very strong Japanese flavor.
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呵呵，拍写真都这样。
hēhē ，pāi xiězhēn dōu zhèyàng 。
Hehe. Having a portrait taken is always like this.
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