說實話

Chinese

		to speak; to say; persuade (politically)	truth; factual statement
trad. (說實話)		說	實話
simp. (说实话)		说	实话

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuōshíhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛ ㄕˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ sat⁶ waa⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuōshíhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛ ㄕˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuoshíhhuà
    • Wade–Giles: shuo¹-shih²-hua⁴
    • Yale: shwō-shŕ-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuoshyrhuah
    • Palladius: шошихуа (šošixua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syut³ sat⁶ waa⁶
    • Yale: syut saht wah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ sat⁹ waa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xud³ sed⁶ wa⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːt̚³ sɐt̚² waː²²/

Adverb

說實話

1. seriously; honestly

Synonyms

• 老實說／老实说
• 說實在的／说实在的 (shuō shízài de)
• 說真的／说真的 (shuōzhēnde)
• 講真／讲真 (jiǎngzhēn) (chiefly Cantonese)
• 講道理／讲道理 (jiǎng dàolǐ) (slang, neologism)