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诚实

chéng shí

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 誠實

诚实 (chéng shí) means "honest". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 诚实 means

1. honest

The characters in 诚实

• 诚chéng(bound form) sincere; authentic; (literary) really; truly
• 实shíreal; true; honest

Example sentences

• 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.
• 永远要对自己诚实。
  Always be true to yourself.

Where 诚实 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Personality & character traits (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chéng shí correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.