老实
lǎo shiㄌㄠˇ ㄕ˙
Sino-Vietnamese: LÃO THỰC
Traditional: 老實
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Meaning(adverbial adjective, adjective)
honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible
Examples
他是个老实人，从不说谎。
tā shì gè lǎo shí rén, cóng bù shuō huǎng.
He's an honest man who never lies.
你老实告诉我，到底发生了什么？
nǐ lǎo shí gào sù wǒ, dào dǐ fā shēng le shén me?
Tell me honestly, what actually happened?
孩子们今天特别老实。
hái zi men jīn tiān tè bié lǎo shí.
The kids are unusually well-behaved today.
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Stroke order
LÃO · 6 strokes
prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person);
THỰC · 8 strokes
Related words
- 老师 lǎo shī — teacher
- 老 lǎo — prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- 老虎 lǎo hǔ — tiger
- 老板 lǎo bǎn — variant of 老板
- 老鼠 lǎo shǔ — rat; mouse
- 古老 gǔ lǎo — ancient; old; age-old
- 老百姓 lǎo bǎi xìng — ordinary people; the "person in the street"
- 衰老 shuāi lǎo — to age; to deteriorate with age; old and weak