实话
shíhuà
truth
Characters in this word
话 huà
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 舌 tongue
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 面对调查，他终于说了实话，承认数据有误。 Miànduì diàochá, tā zhōngyú shuō le shíhuà, chéngrèn shùjù yǒu wù. Facing the investigation, he finally told the truth and admitted there was an error in the data.
- 说实话，我不太喜欢这道菜。 Shuō shíhuà, wǒ bù tài xǐhuan zhè dào cài. To tell the truth, I don't really like this dish.
- 孩子，你要对妈妈说实话，是谁打破了杯子？ Háizi, nǐ yào duì māma shuō shíhuà, shì shéi dǎpò le bēizi? Child, you have to tell Mum the truth: who broke the cup?
Related words
- 实际 shíjì actual; practical
- 实习 shíxí to intern; internship
- 实现 shíxiàn to make real; to achieve
- 实在 shízài really; truly
- 实在 shízai solid; well made
- 结实 jiēshi strong; sturdy
- 其实 qíshí actually; in fact
- 确实 quèshí really; indeed
- 实际上 shíjìshàng actually; in fact
- 实力 shílì strength; ability
- 实行 shíxíng to put into practice
- 实验 shíyàn experiment