# 老实 (lǎoshi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 老实 (lǎoshi) means “honest; well-behaved; naive”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: honest; well-behaved; naive
- Pinyin: lǎoshi (lao3 shi5)
- Traditional: 老實
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 他是一个非常老实的人。
  Tā shì yí gè fēicháng lǎoshi de rén.
  He is a very honest person.

## Characters

- [老](https://hanziro.com/word/lao-old/) (lǎo): old; (prefix) before surname
- 实 (shí): real; true

https://hanziro.com/word/lao-shi-honest/

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