坦率

Chinese

		flat; open-hearted; level flat; open-hearted; level; smooth	to lead; command; rate to lead; command; rate; frequency
simp. and trad. (坦率)		坦	率

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǎnshuài

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taan² seot¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thán-sut

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǎnshuài
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǎnshuài
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan³-shuai⁴
    • Yale: tǎn-shwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taanshuay
    • Palladius: таньшуай (tanʹšuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taan² seot¹
    • Yale: táan sēut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taan² soet⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: tan² sêd¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːn³⁵ sɵt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thán-sut
    • Tâi-lô: thán-sut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tafnsud
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sut̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sut̚⁵/

Adjective

坦率

1. frank; down-to-earth
2. (archaic) rude; impolite; rough

Synonyms

• (frank):

• 了當／了当 (liǎodàng)
• 坦白 (tǎnbái)
• 實誠／实诚 (shíchéng) (colloquial)
• 忠厚 (zhōnghòu)
• 憨厚 (hānhòu)
• 憨實／憨实 (hānshí)
• 憨直 (hānzhí)
• 敞快 (chǎngkuai)
• 暢快／畅快 (chàngkuài)
• 樸實／朴实 (pǔshí)
• 爽快 (shuǎngkuài)
• 爽朗 (shuǎnglǎng)
• 爽直 (shuǎngzhí)
• 率直 (shuàizhí)
• 疏朗 (shūlǎng) (literary)
• 痛快 (tòngkuài)
• 直爽 (zhíshuǎng)
• 直率 (zhíshuài)
• 直白 (zhíbái)
• 老實／老实 (lǎoshí)

 

• (rude):

• 傖俗／伧俗 (cāngsú) (formal)
• 村野 (cūnyě)
• 粗俗 (cūsú)
• 粗暴 (cūbào)
• 粗獷／粗犷
• 粗鄙 (cūbǐ)
• 粗野 (cūyě)
• 粗長／粗长 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 粗魯／粗鲁 (cūlǔ)
• 草野 (cǎoyě) (literary)
• 鄙俚 (bǐlǐ) (formal)