# 说老实话 (shuōlǎoshihuà)

In Mandarin Chinese, 说老实话 (shuōlǎoshihuà) means “to be honest; to tell the truth”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to be honest; to tell the truth
- Pinyin: shuōlǎoshihuà (shuo1 lao3 shi5 hua4)
- Traditional: 說老實話
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 说老实话，我不赞成这个方案。
  Shuōlǎoshihuà, wǒ bù zànchéng zhège fāng'àn.
  To be honest, I don't agree with this plan.

## Characters

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

https://hanziro.com/word/shuo-lao-shi-hua-be-honest/

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