Save Gender Feminine & Masculine Usage Chinese Scripts 真莲, 贞莲, 贞连(Chinese) Meaning & History From the Chinese 真 (zhēn) meaning "clearly, really" or "real, true, genuine" or 贞 (zhēn) meaning "faithful, loyal, virtuous, chaste" and 连 (lián) meaning "join, connect" or 莲 (lián) meaning "lotus, water lily".