# 認真
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): rènzhēn
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˋ ㄓㄣ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jing$^6$ zan$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngin$^5$ zin$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ngin-chṳ̂n
    (Hailu, HRS): ngin$^˖$ zhin$^ˋ$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): līn-chin / jīn-chin
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ring$^7$ zing$^1$ / rêng$^7$ zêng$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$gnin-tsen
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: rènzhēn
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˋ ㄓㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: rènjhen
*** Wade–Giles: jên$^4$-chên$^1$
*** Yale: rèn-jēn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rennjen
*** Palladius: жэньчжэнь (žɛnʹčžɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐən⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$紉針 / 纫针 認真 / 认真
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jing$^6$ zan$^1$
*** Yale: yihng jān
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jing$^6$ dzan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ying$^6$ zen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɪŋ²² t͡sɐn⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ngin$^5$ zin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵑɡin³² t͡sin³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngin-chṳ̂n
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngin ziin$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngin$^4$ zin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋin⁵⁵ t͡sɨn²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngin$^˖$ zhin$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋin³³ t͡ʃin⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: līn-chin
*** Tâi-lô: līn-tsin
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lixncyn
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lin⁴¹⁻²² t͡sin³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lin²²⁻²¹ t͡sin⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lin³³⁻¹¹ t͡sin⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jīn-chin
*** Tâi-lô: jīn-tsin
*** Phofsit Daibuun: jixncyn
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zin²²⁻²¹ t͡sin⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /zin³³⁻²¹ t͡sin⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ring$^7$ zing$^1$ / rêng$^7$ zêng$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jīng tsing / jēng tseng
*** Sinological IPA : /d͡ziŋ¹¹ t͡siŋ³³/, /d͡zeŋ¹¹ t͡seŋ³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$gnin-tsen
*** MiniDict: nyin$^去$ tsen
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$nyin-tsen
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲin²² t͡sən⁴⁴/

#### Adjective

認真
* meticulous; conscientious
    做事認真／做事认真 ― zuòshì rènzhēn ― to be meticulous when doing things
    一位認真的學生／一位认真的学生 ― yī wèi rènzhēn de xuéshēng ― a conscientious student

##### Synonyms

* 不苟 (bùgǒu) (formal)
* 仔細 / 仔细 (zǐxì)
* 嚴 / 严 (yán)
* 嚴肅 / 严肃 (yánsù)
* 嚴謹 / 严谨 (yánjǐn)
* 墘角 (gièng-gáe̤k) (Eastern Min)
* 密切 (mìqiè)
* 審慎 / 审慎 (shěnshèn) (formal)
* 對重 / 对重 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 小心 (xiǎoxīn)
* 慎密 (shènmì)
* 慎重 (shènzhòng)
* 慘淡 / 惨淡 (cǎndàn)
* 板正 (bǎnzhèng)
* 正經 / 正经
* 當心 / 当心 (dāngxīn)
* 精心 (jīngxīn)
* 精細 / 精细 (jīngxì)
* 細心 / 细心 (xìxīn)
* 細膩 / 细腻 (xìnì) (Min)
* 致重 (Hokkien)
* 謹嚴 / 谨严 (jǐnyán)
* 謹慎 / 谨慎 (jǐnshèn)
* 較真 / 较真 (jiàozhēn) (colloquial)
* 過細 / 过细 (guòxì)
* 鞠躬 (jūgōng) (literary)

#### Verb

認真
* to take seriously; to take to heart

##### Synonyms

* 當真／当真 (dàngzhēn)

#### Adverb

認真
* seriously; earnestly; conscientiously; meticulously
    認真對待／认真对待 ― rènzhēn duìdài ― to treat seriously
       Nǐmen yīnggāi rènzhēn de sīkǎo zhège wèntí. [Pinyin]
       You should all think about this issue seriously.

#### Derived terms

* 認認真真 / 认认真真

### Pronunciation 2

* Cantonese (Jyutping): jing$^{6-2}$ zan$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jing$^{6-2}$ zan$^1$
*** Yale: yíng jān
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jing$^{6-2}$ dzan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ying$^{6-2}$ zen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɪŋ²²⁻³⁵ t͡sɐn⁵⁵/

#### Adverb

認真
* (Cantonese) truly; really
** 1976, “半斤八兩”, performed by Sam Hui:
       wan$^2$ go$^1$ se$^1$ siu$^2$ dou$^3$ jyut$^6$ dai$^2$ dim$^2$ gau$^3$ sai$^2$, ngan$^1$ gwo$^3$ gwai$^2$, kok$^3$ hai$^6$ jing$^{6-2}$ zan$^1$ sap$^1$ zai$^6$ [Jyutping]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)