寫真
Chinese
| to write | real; true; genuine | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (寫真/寫眞) | 寫 | 真/眞 | |
| simp. (写真) | 写 | 真 | |
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): se2 zan1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siá-chin
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5shia-tsen
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xiězhēn
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄓㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siějhen
- Wade–Giles: hsieh3-chên1
- Yale: syě-jēn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieejen
- Palladius: сечжэнь (sečžɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: se2 zan1
- Yale: sé jān
- Cantonese Pinyin: se2 dzan1
- Guangdong Romanization: sé2 zen1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɛː³⁵ t͡sɐn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siá-chin
- Tâi-lô: siá-tsin
- Phofsit Daibuun: siafcyn
- IPA (Xiamen): /sia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sia⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sin³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /sia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /sia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /sia⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
Noun
寫真
Verb
寫真
- to portray something accurately
Etymology 2
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 写真 (shashin).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): se2 zan1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sià-sín
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siá-chin / sia-sín
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5shia-tsen
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xiězhēn
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄓㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siějhen
- Wade–Giles: hsieh3-chên1
- Yale: syě-jēn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieejen
- Palladius: сечжэнь (sečžɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: se2 zan1
- Yale: sé jān
- Cantonese Pinyin: se2 dzan1
- Guangdong Romanization: sé2 zen1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɛː³⁵ t͡sɐn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sià-sín
- Hakka Romanization System: xiaˇ xinˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: xia2 xin3
- Sinological IPA: /si̯a¹¹ sin³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
Note: from Japanese pronunciation.
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siá-chin
- Tâi-lô: siá-tsin
- Phofsit Daibuun: siafcyn
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /sia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /sia⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sia⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sin³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sia-sín
- Tâi-lô: sia-sín
- Phofsit Daibuun: siasien
- IPA (Taipei): /sia⁴⁴⁻³³ sin⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /sia⁴⁴⁻³³ sin⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
Note: sia-sín - from Japanese pronunciation.
Noun
寫真
Usage notes
In Japanese, 写真 (shashin) refers to photographs in general. However, in contemporary Chinese, 寫真／写真 (xiězhēn) often carries sexual connotations, commonly associated with 寫真集／写真集 (xiězhēnjí, “photo book”) which depict cheesecake models and porn starlets.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 照片 (“photograph”) [map]
Derived terms
References
- (Min Nan) “寫真”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
- (Min Nan) “寫真”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.