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朴实

pǔ shí

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 樸實

朴实 (pǔ shí) means "plain; simple; guileless". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 朴实 means

1. plain
2. simple
3. guileless
4. down-to-earth
5. sincere and honest

The characters in 朴实

• 朴pǔ(bound form) plain; simple; Taiwan pr. pú
• 实shíreal; true; honest

Example sentences

• 真理的语言必定是朴实无华、毫无矫饰的。
  The language of truth must be, with no doubt, simple and without artifice.

Words starting with 朴实

• 朴实无华pǔ shí wú huá(idiom) simple; plain; unadorned

Words containing 朴实

• 勤俭朴实qín jiǎn pǔ shíhardworking, thrifty and unpretentious

Sounds the same

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

• 普食(medicine) regular food

Where 朴实 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · bào–qī (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read pǔ shí correctly.
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