老實

See also: 老实

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	real; true; honest real; true; honest; really; solid
trad. (老實)		老	實
simp. (老实)		老	实

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎoshí

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄕˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ sat⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ló-sṳ̍t

(Hailu, HRS): lo^ˊ shid^ˋ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): láu-si̍t

(Teochew, Peng'im): lao² sig⁸ / lao² sêg⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoshí → lǎoshi (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄕˊ → ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄕ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoshi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-shih⁵
  - Yale: lǎu-shr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lao.shyr
  - Palladius: лаоши (laoši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/ → /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ʂʐ̩⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ sat⁶
  - Yale: lóuh saht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ sat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ sed⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ sɐt̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-sṳ̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: lo^ˋ siid
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lo³ sid⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ sɨt̚⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: lo^ˊ shid^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /lo²⁴⁻³³ ʃit²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-si̍t
  - Tâi-lô: láu-si̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lawsit
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sit̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sit̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sit̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lao² sig⁸ / lao² sêg⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: láu si̍k / láu se̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau⁵²⁻³⁵ sik̚⁴/, /lau⁵²⁻³⁵ sek̚⁴/

Note: lao2 sêg8 - Jieyang.

Adjective

老實

honest; genuine
frank; blunt
disciplined; well-behaved
(euphemistic) naive; simple-minded; gullible

Synonyms

(honest):

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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)

(frank):

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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)

(naive):

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單純 / 单纯 (dānchún)
忠厚 (zhōnghòu)
清亮
純摯 / 纯挚 (chúnzhì) (formal)
純正 / 纯正 (chúnzhèng)
純潔 / 纯洁 (chúnjié)
純真 / 纯真 (chúnzhēn)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “honest”): 偽善／伪善 (wěishàn, wèishàn), 虛偽／虚伪 (xūwěi, xūwèi)

Derived terms

Adverb

老實

honestly; frankly; bluntly
老實說／老实说 ― lǎoshí shuō ― to put it bluntly