诚实 chéngshí

HSK level

Traditional form

誠實

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

诚 chéng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 yán represents the meaning and 成 Chéng represents the sound. Simplified form of 誠 chéng .

Phonetic compound

成 Chéng

Semantic compound

讠 yán

Positional decomposition

⿰讠成

Number of Strokes

实 shí

Explanation

Simplified form of 實 shí . 貫 guàn is a pictograph of a string of money. Based on the original meaning "thrive; plentiful". The meaning later shifted to "real", "true", and "fruit".

Positional decomposition

⿱宀头

Number of Strokes

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他 tā 虽然 suīrán 穷 qióng , 但 dàn 至少 zhìshǎo 是 shì 诚实 chéngshí 的 de .

If he is poor, at least he is honest.

他 tā 们 men 暗 àn 指 zhǐ 他 tā 是 shì 诚实 chéngshí 的 de .

They implied him to be honest.

穷 qióng 而 ér 诚实 chéngshí 的 de 人 rén 是 shì 不 bù 该 gāi 让 ràng 人 rén 小看 xiǎo kàn 的 de .

A poor but honest man is not to be belittled.

他 tā 的 de 长相 zhǎng xiàng 非常 fēicháng 孩子气 hái zi qì ,显得 xiǎnde 性情 xìng qíng 很 hěn 好 hǎo 且 qiě 诚实 chéngshí 坦率 tǎnshuài .

His classic boyish looks seemed to proclaim his good humour and openness.

虽然 suīrán 她 tā 穷 qióng , 却 què 未必 wèibì 不 bù 诚实 chéngshí .

Although she is poor, it doesn't follow that she is dishonest.

See the 8 Chinese characters that make up 诚实 chéngshí and their own compounds.

诚 chéng

成 Chéng

戈 gē

弋 yì , 丿 piě

勹 bāo , ?

讠 yán

实 shí

头 tóu

大 dà , 丶 diǎn

宀 gài

See all Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 诚实 chéngshí in their composition.

诚 chéng

实 shí

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