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老实 lǎoshi

老实 lǎoshi Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 老实 lǎoshi .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lǎoshi | lao3 shi5
English translation
honest
sincere
open and guileless
naive

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About 老实 lǎoshi

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Traditional form

老實

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 老实 lǎoshi

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lǎo

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of an old person with long hair bent over and leaning on a cane.

Positional decomposition

耂匕

Number of Strokes

6
shí

Explanation

Simplified form of shí . 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

8

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Example sentences using 老实 lǎoshi

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这个 zhè ge 老实 lǎoshi de 乡下 xiāng xia 男孩 nán hái 遇上 zéi le .

The honest country boy fell among thieves.

始终 shǐzhōng 老老实实 de péi zhāo ,一直 yīzhí děng 这出滑稽戏 yǎn wán .

I stayed faithfully by him until his comedy was finished.

zhǐ shì 普通 pǔ tōng 生意人, xiǎng 老老实实 zhuàn diǎn Qián 谋生 móu shēng .

I'm just an ordinary businessman, trying to earn an honest penny.

Ā Chǒu máng Cóng 桌上 tiào xià lái ,老实 lǎoshi shuì : “ yāo chī 棒冰 bàng bīng . ”

Ah Ch'ou hurriedly jumped down from the table and also said earnestly, " I want a popsicle. "

āi , 老爷 lǎo ye , shuì de shì 最最老实 lǎoshi de huà , nín zǒng shì 这么 zhè me niǔ .

Oh, sir: you always give my most innocent words such a turn.

老实 lǎoshi Decomposition

See the 6 Chinese characters that make up 老实 lǎoshi and their own compounds.

老实 lǎoshi Compounds

See all 27 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 老实 lǎoshi in their composition.

  • lǎo
      • shì , , , shī , zhī , zhī , , ,
    • lǎo , lǎo , lǎo , lǎo , lǎo , lǎo , mào , gǒu , dié , , , , , lāo , , , ,
  • shí
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