实
话
实
说

To tell the truth in Chinese: 实话实说 (shí huà shí shuō)

shí huà shí shuō

to tell the truth

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 實話實說1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to tell the truth
  2. 2to tell it as it is

Stroke order

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实
话
实
说

Zhuyin

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ㄕˊ

shí

ㄕ/ shˊ/ second tone

ㄏㄨㄚˋ

huà

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

ㄕˊ

shí

ㄕ/ shˊ/ second tone

ㄕㄨㄛ

shuō

ㄕ/ shㄨ/ uㄛ/ o—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

实话实说

Simplified

實話實說

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 实话实说，这件事是我做错了。

    shí huà shí shuō， zhè jiàn shì shì wǒ zuò cuò le。

    To be honest, I was the one who got this wrong.

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Related words

话

huà

dialect

说

shuō

to speak

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

说明

shuō míng

to explain

小说

xiǎo shuō

novel

笑话

xiào hua

joke

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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