坦 tǎn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
坦诚
tǎnchéng
honest and open; frank
Characters in this word
诚 chéng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 成 to accomplish
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 坦诚的沟通比华丽的承诺更能恢复信任。 Tǎnchéng de gōutōng bǐ huálì de chéngnuò gèng néng huīfù xìnrèn. Honest communication is better able to restore trust than grand promises.
- 我们进行了一次坦诚的谈话，误会终于解开了。 Wǒmen jìnxíng le yí cì tǎnchéng de tánhuà, wùhuì zhōngyú jiěkāi le. We had a frank conversation, and the misunderstanding was finally resolved.
- 老板很坦诚，直接说出了公司遇到的困难。 Lǎobǎn hěn tǎnchéng, zhíjiē shuō chū le gōngsī yùdào de kùnnan. The boss was very honest and directly spoke about the difficulties the company faced.
Related words
- 平坦 píngtǎn flat; even
- 坦白 tǎnbái frank; to confess
- 坦克 tǎnkè tank
- 坦然 tǎnrán calm; composed
- 坦率 tǎnshuài frank; candid
- 坦言 tǎnyán to state frankly; frank statement
- 诚实 chéngshí honest
- 诚信 chéngxìn honesty; trustworthiness
- 真诚 zhēnchéng sincere
- 诚恳 chéngkěn sincere; earnest
- 诚意 chéngyì sincerity; good faith
- 诚挚 chéngzhì sincere; cordial