实
话

Truth in Chinese: 实话 (shí huà)

shí huà

truth

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 實話2 example sentences

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实
话

Zhuyin

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ㄕˊ

shí

ㄕ/ shˊ/ second tone

ㄏㄨㄚˋ

huà

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

实话

Simplified

實話

Traditional

Example sentences

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

  • 我知道你说实话。

    wǒ zhī dào nǐ shuō shí huà。

    I know that you've been telling the truth.

  • 说实话，我恨汤姆。

    shuō shí huà， wǒ hèn tāng mǔ。

    I hate Tom, to tell you the truth.

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Related words

话

huà

dialect

说话

shuō huà

to speak

其实

qí shí

actually

诚实

chéng shí

honest

对话

duì huà

to talk (with sb)

确实

què shí

indeed

实际

shí jì

reality

实在

shí zài

really

笑话

xiào hua

joke

废话

fèi huà

nonsense

果实

guǒ shí

fruit (produced by a plant)

话题

huà tí

subject (of a talk or conversation)

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