说实话

Character by character

• 说shuō9 strokesHSK 1 traditional 說speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid
• 实shí8 strokesHSK 2 traditional 實real, true; honest, sincere
• 话huà8 strokesHSK 1 traditional 話speech, talk, language; dialect

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 说实话. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 说shuōHSK 1

  to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine

• 话huàHSK 1

  dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said

• 电话diàn huàHSK 1

  telephone; phone call; phone number

• 其实qí shíHSK 3

  actually; in fact; really

• 确实què shíHSK 3

  indeed; really; reliable; real; true

• 说话shuō huàHSK 1

  to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word

• 说明shuō míngHSK 2

  to explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption

• 事实shì shíHSK 3

  fact

• 实现shí xiànHSK 2

  to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about

• 打电话dǎ diàn huàHSK 1

  to make a telephone call

• 实际上shí jì shàngHSK 3

  in fact; in reality; as a matter of fact; in practice

• 现实xiàn shíHSK 3

  reality; actuality; real; actual; realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested

• 听说tīng shuōHSK 2

  to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking

• 真实zhēn shíHSK 3

  true; real

• 实在shí zàiHSK 2

  really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality

• 事实上shì shí shàngHSK 3

  in fact; in reality; actually; as a matter of fact; de facto; ipso facto

• 实验shí yànHSK 3

  experiment; test; experimental; to experiment

• 实际shí jìHSK 2

  reality; practice; practical; realistic; real; actual

• 讲话jiǎng huàHSK 2

  a speech; to speak; to talk; to address

• 的话de huàHSK 2

  if (coming after a conditional clause)

• 说法shuō faHSK 5

  way of speaking; wording; formulation; one's version (of events); statement; theory; hypothesis; interpretation

• 再说zài shuōHSK 6

  to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides

• 实力shí lìHSK 3

  strength

• 证实zhèng shíHSK 5

  to confirm (sth to be true); to verify