坦
诚

Candid in Chinese: 坦诚 (tǎn chéng)

tǎn chéng

candid

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 坦誠1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1candid
  2. 2frank
  3. 3plain dealing

Stroke order

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坦
诚

Zhuyin

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ㄊㄢˇ

tǎn

ㄊ/ tㄢ/ anˇ/ third tone

ㄔㄥˊ

chéng

ㄔ/ chㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

坦诚

Simplified

坦誠

Traditional

Example sentences

See 坦诚 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他很坦诚，从不对我说谎。

    tā hěn tǎn chéng， cóng bú duì wǒ shuō huǎng。

    He is very frank and never lies to me.

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Related words

诚实

chéng shí

honest

诚恳

chéng kěn

sincere

坦率

tǎn shuài

frank (discussion)

诚信

chéng xìn

genuine

平坦

píng tǎn

level

真诚

zhēn chéng

sincere

诚意

chéng yì

sincerity

诚挚

chéng zhì

sincere

虔诚

qián chéng

pious

坦白

tǎn bái

honest

坦克

tǎn kè

tank (military vehicle) (loanword)

坦然

tǎn rán

calm

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