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诚

chéng

HSK 4 Character Traditional 誠

What 诚 means

1. bound formsincere; authentic
2. literaryreally; truly

Example sentences

• 上帝永远虔诚。
  God is always faithful.
• 诚实是一种美德。
  Honesty is a virtue.
• 我们认为他诚实。
  We think that he's honest.
• 我不觉得他诚实。
  I don't think that he's honest.
• 我相信你是诚实的。
  I believe you are honest.
• 比尔一直都很诚实。
  Bill is honest all the time.

Words starting with 诚

• 诚实chéng shíhonest
• 诚恳chéng kěnsincere; honest; cordial
• 诚挚chéng zhìsincere; cordial
• 诚信chéng xìnhonesty; trustworthiness; good faith
• 诚意chéng yìsincerity; good faith
• 诚聘chéng pìnto seek to recruit; to invite job applications from
• 诚心chéng xīnsincerity
• 诚然chéng ránindeed; true! (I agree with you)
• 诚惶诚恐chéng huáng chéng kǒngin fear and trepidation (idiom); in reverence before your majesty…
• 诚如chéng rúit is exactly as
• 诚心诚意chéng xīn chéng yìearnestly and sincerely (idiom); with all sincerity
• 诚服chéng fúto be completely convinced; to fully accept another person's views
• 诚邀chéng yāowe warmly invite (you to participate, attend, collaborate etc)
• 诚心实意chéng xīn shí yìearnestly and sincerely (idiom); with all sincerity
• 诚心所愿chéng xīn suǒ yuànso be it; amen
• 诚朴chéng pǔsimple and sincere
• 诚笃chéng dǔhonest; sincere and serious
• 诚心正意chéng xīn zhèng yìsee 诚心诚意

Words containing 诚

• 忠诚zhōng chéngdevoted; loyal; fidelity
• 真诚zhēn chéngsincere; genuine; true
• 虔诚qián chéngpious; devout; sincere
• 坦诚tǎn chéngcandid; frank; plain dealing
• 李嘉诚Lǐ Jiā chéngSir Li Ka-shing (1928-), Hong Kong businessman
• 热诚rè chéngdevotion; fervor
• 赤诚chì chéngutterly sincere; wholly devoted
• 精诚jīng chéngsincerity; absolute good faith
• 至诚zhì chéngsincere
• 开诚布公kāi chéng bù gōnglit. deal sincerely and fairly (idiom); frank and open-minded; plain speaking…
• 实诚shí chéngsincere; honest
• 投诚tóu chéngto defect; to surrender; to capitulate
• 坦诚相见tǎn chéng xiāng jiànto trust one another fully; to treat sb with sincerity
• 精诚所至jīng chéng suǒ zhìno difficulty is insurmountable if one is sincere (idiom)
• 亲爱精诚qīn ài jīng chéngcamaraderie
• 开诚相见kāi chéng xiāng jiàncandid and open (idiom)
• 孟思诚Mèng Sī chéngMaeng Saseong (1360-1438), Korean politician of the Goryeo-Joseon transition, famous for…
• 赤诚相待chì chéng xiāng dàito treat utterly sincerely; open and above board in dealing with sb
• 赤诚相见chì chéng xiàng jiàncandidly sharing confidences
• 心悦诚服xīn yuè chéng fúto submit cheerfully; to accept willingly (idiom)
• 竭诚jié chéngwholeheartedly
• 非诚勿扰fēi chéng wù rǎoserious inquiries only
• 谦诚qiān chéngmodest and sincere; humble
• 挚诚zhì chéngsincere

Characters built on 成

These share the phonetic component 成 (chéng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 城chéngcity walls; city; town
• 盛shèngflourishing; vigorous; magnificent
• 晟shèngbrightness of sun; splendor; also pr. chéng
• 铖chéng(used in people's names)

Characters that look like 诚

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 该gāishould; ought to; probably
• 试shìto test; to try; experiment
• 诫jiècommandment; to prohibit
• 诡guǐ(bound form) sly; crafty; (literary) weird; bizarre; (literary) contradictory…
• 诋dǐto defame; to slander
• 诟gòudisgrace; to revile

Sounds the same

Read chéng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 成to succeed; to finish; to complete
• 城city walls; city; town
• 程rule; order; regulations
• 承to bear; to carry; to hold
• 乘to ride; to mount; to make use of
• 惩to punish; to reprimand; to warn
• 呈to present to a superior; memorial; petition
• 澄clear; limpid; to clarify
• 橙orange tree; orange (color)
• 丞deputy
• 盛to hold; to contain; to ladle
• 宬(literary) archive room; library…