说
白
了

To speak frankly in Chinese: 说白了 (shuō bái le)

shuō bái le

to speak frankly

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 說白了1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to speak frankly

Stroke order

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说
白
了

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄨㄛ

shuō

ㄕ/ shㄨ/ uㄛ/ o—/ first tone

ㄅㄞˊ

bái

ㄅ/ bㄞ/ aiˊ/ second tone

˙ㄌㄜ

le

˙/ neutral toneㄌ/ lㄜ/ e

Simplified & traditional

说白了

Simplified

說白了

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 说白了，他就是不想负责任。

    shuō bái le， tā jiù shì bù xiǎng fù zé rèn。

    To put it bluntly, he just doesn't want to take responsibility.

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Related words

了

le

(completed action marker)

白

bái

white

说

shuō

to speak

说话

shuō huà

to speak

除了

chú le

besides

了解

liǎo jiě

to understand

明白

míng bai

clear

为了

wèi le

for

说明

shuō míng

to explain

小说

xiǎo shuō

novel

传说

chuán shuō

legend

胡说

hú shuō

to talk nonsense

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