He always tells the truth.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
说实话
to speak the truth
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to speak the truth
02
truth to tell
03
frankly
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 说实话 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 说实话 appears in 26 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
You should always tell the truth.
You must always tell the truth.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 说实话.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 说实话.
Directly before
- 我说实话4
- 永远说实话2
- 没有说实话2
- 总是说实话1
- 试著说实话1
Directly after
- 说实话的1
- 说实话吗1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 说实话
What does 说实话 mean in Chinese?
说实话 (shuōshíhuà) means to speak the truth.
How do you pronounce 说实话?
说实话 is pronounced shuōshíhuà.
Is 说实话 an HSK word?
说实话 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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