How to say “truth” in Chinese
truth, honest words
“Truth” in Chinese is 实话, shí huà: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
实话 is read shí huà: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
On top, 宀 — “roof”.
On the left, 讠 “speech”.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “实话”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 实话. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 说实话我不太喜欢这个方案shuōshíhuà,wǒbútàixǐhuanzhègefāng’ànHonestly, I don't really like this plan.
- 说实话我不知道shuōshíhuà,wǒbùzhīdàoHonestly, I don't know.
- 你说实话，是不是你弄坏的？nǐshuōshíhuà,shìbushìnǐnònghuàideTell me honestly: did you break it?
More words from the lesson “The truth, to your face”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “truth” in Chinese?
“Truth” in Chinese is 实话, pinyin shíhuà.
What does 实话 mean?
实话 (shíhuà) means “truth, honest words”.
How do you write 实话?
实话 is 2 characters: 实 (shí) — real, true; 话 (huà) — speech, words. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 实话?
实话 is read shíhuà. Tones: shí — second tone, huà — fourth tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“truth” in the lesson “The truth, to your face”
This word is from the topic “Talking and arguing” of HSK 6. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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