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Mythic Mandarin

真的 (zhēn de): meaning and stroke order

真的 (zhēn de) means really; truly; indeed, real; true; genuine, (math.) proper.

真的

Simplified
真的
Traditional
真的 (same form)
Pinyin
zhēn de

Stroke order of 真的

真

  • zhēn really; truly
  • 10 strokes

Stroke by stroke

的

  • de of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  • dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4])
  • dí really and truly
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 真的

  1. zhēn de
    • really; truly; indeed
    • real; true; genuine
    • (math.) proper

Radicals of the characters

真
Radical 目 (Kangxi radical 109) · 10 strokes · 十 on top, 具 below
的
Radical 白 (Kangxi radical 106) · 8 strokes · 白 on the left, 勺 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

真的 in our stories

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  • 这一次,它飞过了龙门,天上响起了雷声,它真的变成了一条龙。

    zhè yí cì tā fēi guò le Lóngmén tiān shàng xiǎngqǐ le léishēng tā zhēnde biànchéng le yì tiáo lóng

    This time it flew over the Dragon Gate, thunder rolled across the sky, and it really did become a dragon.

    From the story The little carp's decision HSK 3

  • 可是第一位投资人听完,只问了一个问题:“你们怎么知道大家真的愿意借给陌生人?”

    kěshì dì-yī wèi tóuzīrén tīng wán zhǐ wèn le yí gè wèntí nǐmen zěnme zhīdao dàjiā zhēnde yuànyì jiè gěi mòshēngrén

    But the first investor heard them out and asked just one question: "How do you know people really want to lend to strangers?"

    From the story Fifty sheets of paper HSK 5

  • 十年后,他终于找到机会逃了出去,继续向西走,最后真的找到了大月氏。

    shí nián hòu tā zhōngyú zhǎodào jīhuì táo le chūqu jìxù xiàng xī zǒu zuìhòu zhēnde zhǎodào le Dà Yuèzhī

    Ten years later he finally escaped, continued west, and really did find the Yuezhi.

    From the story Zhang Qian's mission to the West HSK 6

Stories using 真的

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).