当真 meaning in English

dàngzhēn

to take seriously; serious

HSK 7-9verbadverbTraditional 當真16 strokes

Meaning of 当真

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dàngzhēn
  1. to take seriously
  2. serious
  3. No joking, really!

当真 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

她tā把bǎ我wǒ的de玩wán笑xiào当dàng真zhēn了le。
She took my joke seriously.
我wǒ开kāi玩wán笑xiào的de,别bié当dàng真zhēn。
Don't take my jokes seriously.
“我wǒ昨zuó天tiān梦mèng到dào了le你nǐ。”“当dàng真zhēn?那nà我wǒ(在zài你nǐ梦mèng中zhōng)在zài做zuò什shén么me?”
"I dreamed of you yesterday." "Seriously? And what was I doing?"

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

当 dāng · to be · 6 strokes

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真 zhēn · really · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 当真.

真的zhēn dereally; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine
认真rènzhēnconscientious; earnest
真正zhēnzhènggenuine; real; true; really; indeed
当时dāngshíthen; at that time
当然dāngránonly natural; as it should be
真实zhēnshítrue; real
相当xiāngdāngequivalent to; appropriate
当中dāngzhōngamong; in the middle
当地dāngdìlocal
当初dāngchūat that time; originally
应当yīngdāngshould; ought to
天真tiānzhēnnaive; innocent

Questions about 当真

What does 当真 mean?

当真 (dàngzhēn) means "to take seriously; serious" and is used as a verb and adverb.

How do you write 当真?

当真 is made of 2 characters: 当 (6 strokes), 真 (10 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

Is 当真 an HSK word?

Yes. 当真 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 当真 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 当真 is written 當真.