说
实
话

To speak the truth in Chinese: 说实话 (shuō shí huà)

shuō shí huà

to speak the truth

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 說實話1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to speak the truth
  2. 2truth to tell
  3. 3frankly

Stroke order

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说
实
话

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄨㄛ

shuō

ㄕ/ shㄨ/ uㄛ/ o—/ first tone

ㄕˊ

shí

ㄕ/ shˊ/ second tone

ㄏㄨㄚˋ

huà

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

说实话

Simplified

說實話

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 说实话，我并不喜欢这个办法。

    shuō shí huà， wǒ bìng bù xǐ huan zhè ge bàn fǎ。

    To be honest, I don't really like this approach.

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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 Level 6 vocabulary list

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