Authentic in Chinese
authentic · HSK 5
真实
- 真 real
- 实 real
这是一个真实的故事。 This is a true story.
Other ways to say authentic
More words with 真 or 实
How do you say authentic in Chinese?
Authentic in Chinese is 真实 (zhēn shí). You can also say 地道 (dì dao).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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