真個

Chinese

		real; true; genuine	(a measure word); individual
trad. (真個/真箇)		真	個/箇
simp. (真个)		真	个

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēngè

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄍㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹ go³
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tsen-geq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēngè
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄍㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhengè
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-ko⁴
    • Yale: jēn-gè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengeh
    • Palladius: чжэньгэ (čžɛnʹgɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ kɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zan¹ go³
    • Yale: jān go
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹ go³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen¹ go³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ kɔː³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tsen-geq
    • MiniDict: tsen^平 geh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsen-geq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sən⁵⁵ ɡəʔ²¹/

Adverb

真個

1. (colloquial) very; really; truly

   看到儂真個老開心。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
   看到侬真个老开心。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁵khoe-tau ⁶non ¹tsen-geq ⁶lau ¹khe-shin [Wugniu]

   I am really happy to see you.

   • after 1795, 李洙 (Lǐ Zhū) [Lee Soo] et al., chapter 40, in 重刊老乞大諺解／重刊老乞大谚解 (Chóngkān Lǎoqǐdà Yànjiě) [Reprinted Nogeoldae, with Korean Interpretation]‎^{Ogura Coll. Asami Coll.}, volume 1, page 94:

     他不𢤦中國的話 故此不能說話 他們真箇不是𣦶人

     타부둥중궈디화 구츠부능ᄉᆑ화 타믄진거부시대인
     ta bu duq juq gue di hoa; gu cy bu nyq siuie hoa; ta myn jin ge bu si dai 'in
     터부ᇹ둥즁궈ᇹ디ᇹᅘᅪ 구츠ᇫ부ᇹ닁ᄉᆑᇹᅘᅪ 터문진거부ᇹ씨ᇫ대ᅀᅵᆫ
     te bux duq jiuq guex dix hhoa; gu cyz bux nyiq siuiex hhoa; te myn jin ge bux ssiz dai zin

     He does not understand the Chinese tongue and thus cannot speak; they truly are not villains.