寫真

寫真

See also: 寫眞 and 写真

Chinese

		to write	real; true; genuine
trad. (寫真/寫眞)		寫	真/眞
simp. (写真)		写	真

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiězhēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄓㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): se² zan¹
• Min Nan (POJ): siá-chin
• Wu (Wiktionary): xia tsen (T2)

---

• 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): /ɕjɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: se² zan¹
    • Yale: sé jān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: se² dzan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sé² zen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː³⁵ t͡sɐn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siá-chin
    • Tâi-lô: siá-tsin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siafcyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕia⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕia⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: xia tsen (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕia̱³³ t͡səɲ⁴⁴/

Noun

寫真

1. portrait

Verb

寫真

1. to portray something accurately

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (寫真):

• → Japanese: 写真(しゃしん) (shashin)
• → Korean: 사진(寫眞) (sajin)
• → Vietnamese: tả chân (寫真)

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 写(しゃ)真(しん) (shashin).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiězhēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄓㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): se² zan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sià-sín
• Min Nan (POJ): siá-chin / sia-sín
• Wu (Wiktionary): xia tsen (T2)

---

• 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): /ɕjɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: se² zan¹
    • Yale: sé jān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: se² dzan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sé² zen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː³⁵ t͡sɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sià-sín
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiaˇ xin`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xia² xin³
    • Sinological IPA: /ɕi̯a¹¹ ɕin³¹/

Note: from Japanese pronunciation.

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siá-chin
    • Tâi-lô: siá-tsin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siafcyn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕia⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕin³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /ɕia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕia⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sia-sín
    • Tâi-lô: sia-sín
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siasien
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕia⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕin⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕia⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕin⁴¹/

Note: sia-sín - from Japanese pronunciation.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: xia tsen (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕia̱³³ t͡səɲ⁴⁴/

Noun

寫真

1. photograph; photo

   性感寫真／性感写真  ―  xìnggǎn xiězhēn  ―  sexy photos

2. photography

Usage notes

This term often has sexual connotations.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 照片 (“photograph”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		照片, 相片
Mandarin	Beijing	相片兒
	Taiwan	相片
	Jinan	相片, 照片, 相片兒, 照片兒
	Luoyang	相片兒
	Wanrong	相片兒
	Xi'an	相片兒
	Ürümqi	相片子
	Wuhan	相片子, 相片, 相
	Chengdu	相片
	Guilin	相片
	Yangzhou	照片, 小照
	Hefei	相片
	Singapore	照片
	Dagudi (Maliba)	相片
	Reshuitang (Longling)	相片
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	相片
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	相片
Cantonese	Guangzhou	相片, 相
	Hong Kong	相
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	相
	Taishan	相
	Taishan (Guanghai)	相片, 相
	Yangjiang	相
	Rongxian	相片
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	相片
	Hepu (Shatian)	相片
	Beihai	相片
	Beihai (Nankang)	相片
	Beihai (Yingpan)	相片
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	相片
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	相片
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	相片
	Ipoh (Guangfu)	相
	Singapore (Guangfu)	相片, 相
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	相片
	Móng Cái	相片
	Mandalay (Taishan)	相片
	Bangkok (Guangfu)	相片
	Betong (Rongxian)	相片
Gan	Nanchang	相片, 相片子
Hakka	Meixian	相片
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	相片, 寫真
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	相片, 寫真
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	相片, 寫真
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	相片, 寫真
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	相片, 寫真
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	相片, 寫真, 寫真相
	Hong Kong	相片
Jin	Taiyuan	相片子, 照相片
Min Bei	Jian'ou	相, 相片
Min Dong	Fuzhou	相, 相片
	Matsu	相片
Min Nan	Xiamen	像片, 相, 小影
	Quanzhou	像片
	Zhangzhou	影
	Taipei	相片, 寫真
	Penang (Hokkien)	小影
	Singapore (Hokkien)	像
	Manila (Hokkien)	像
	Chaozhou	相
	Shantou	相片, 相
	Jieyang	小影, 相
	Bangkok (Teochew)	相片
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	相
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	小影, 相片
	Singapore (Teochew)	像
	Pontianak (Teochew)	相
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	相片
Wu	Shanghai	照相, 照片, 寫真
	Suzhou	照, 照片
	Wenzhou	照相
Xiang	Changsha	相片子, 相片, 相
	Shuangfeng	相片子, 相片

Derived terms

寫真集／写真集 (xiězhēnjí)

References

• (Min Nan) “Entry #52281”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
• (Min Nan) “Entry #31137”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.