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坦率

tǎn shuài

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

坦率 (tǎn shuài) means "frank (discussion); blunt; open". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 坦率 means

1. frank; candid; straightforward

The characters in 坦率

• 坦tǎnflat; open-hearted; level
• 率lǜ(bound form) ratio; rate; proportion

Example sentences

• 她是个很坦率的人。
  Tā shì gè hěn tǎnshuài de rén.
  She has a very open personality.
• 坦率地说，他错了。
  Frankly speaking, he is wrong.
• 坦率地说，我不喜欢你。
  Frankly speaking, I don't like you.
• 他坦率地提出了自己的看法
  Tā tǎnshuài de tíchū le zìjǐ de kànfǎ
  He frankly expressed his own view.

Where 坦率 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Honesty, Modesty & Sincerity (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read tǎn shuài correctly.
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