# 实话实说 (shíhuàshíshuō)

In Mandarin Chinese, 实话实说 (shíhuàshíshuō) means “to tell the truth; to speak frankly”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to tell the truth; to speak frankly
- Pinyin: shíhuàshíshuō (shi2 hua4 shi2 shuo1)
- Traditional: 實話實說
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 实话实说，我不同意这个方案。
  Shíhuà-shíshuō, wǒ bù tóngyì zhège fāng'àn.
  To tell the truth, I disagree with this plan.

## Characters

- 实 (shí): real; true
- [话](https://hanziro.com/word/hua-spoken-words/) (huà): spoken words; speech
- [说](https://hanziro.com/word/shuo-speak/) (shuō): to speak; to say

https://hanziro.com/word/shi-hua-shi-shuo-tell-truth/

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