Chinese symbol for “frankly”
说实话
shuō shí huà
Traditional: 說實話
to speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly
The closest CC-CEDICT match for frankly is 说实话 (shuō shí huà), defined as: to speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 说实话.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 说明 (說明) | shuō míng | to explain; to illustrate |
| 小说 (小說) | xiǎo shuō | novel; fiction |
| 说话 (說話) | shuō huà | to speak; to say |
| 听说 (聽說) | tīng shuō | to hear (sth said); one hears (that) |
| 说法 (說法) | shuō fǎ | to expound Buddhist teachings |
| 其实 (其實) | qí shí | actually; in fact; really |
| 实现 (實現) | shí xiàn | to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about |
| 实施 (實施) | shí shī | to implement; to carry out |
| 电话 (電話) | diàn huà | telephone; measure word: 部 (bù) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “frankly”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.