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实话

shí huà

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 實話

实话 (shí huà) means "the truth; honest words". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 实话 means

1. truth

The characters in 实话

• 实shíreal; true; honest
• 话huàdialect; language; spoken words

Example sentences

• 实话？
  The truth?
• 说实话。
  Let's tell the truth.
• 他说了实话。
  He told the truth.
• 他总是说实话。
  He always tells the truth.
• 我知道你说实话。
  Wǒ zhīdào nǐ shuō shíhuà.
  I know you've been telling the truth.
• 你应该永远说实话。
  Nǐ yīnggāi yǒngyuǎn shuōshíhuà.
  You should always tell the truth.

Words starting with 实话

• 实话实说shí huà shí shuōto tell the truth; to tell it as it is

Words containing 实话

• 说实话shuō shí huàto speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly
• 说老实话shuō lǎo shi huàto be honest; to tell the truth; to be frank

Sounds the same

Read shí huà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 石化to petrify; petrochemical industry

Where 实话 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Fashion, Era & Practicality (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 shí huà correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.