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Chinese
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old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
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real; true; honest real; true; honest; really; solid
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trad. (老實)
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老
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實
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simp. (老实)
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老
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实
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Pronunciation
Adjective
老實
- honest; genuine
- frank; blunt
- disciplined; well-behaved
- (euphemistic) naive; simple-minded; gullible
Synonyms
- 允 (Classical Chinese)
- 實在/实在
- 實誠/实诚 (shíchéng) (colloquial)
- 悃誠/悃诚 (kǔnchéng) (literary)
- 慥慥 (zàozào) (literary)
- 懇切/恳切 (kěnqiè)
- 殷切 (yīnqiè)
- 熱誠/热诚 (rèchéng)
- 真心 (zhēnxīn)
- 真摯/真挚 (zhēnzhì)
- 真誠/真诚 (zhēnchéng)
- 虔心 (qiánxīn)
- 親切/亲切 (qīnqiè)
- 誠信/诚信 (chéngxìn)
- 誠實/诚实 (chéngshí)
- 誠心/诚心 (chéngxīn)
- 誠懇/诚恳 (chéngkěn)
- 誠摯/诚挚 (chéngzhì)
- 諄諄/谆谆 (zhūnzhūn) (of teaching)
- 赤忱 (chìchén) (literary)
- 赤誠/赤诚 (chìchéng)
- 了當/了当 (liǎodàng)
- 坦率 (tǎnshuài)
- 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)
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of "honest"): 偽善/伪善 (wěishàn, wèishàn), 虛偽/虚伪 (xūwěi, xūwèi)
Derived terms