老實説 [－实说]

Jyutping lou5 sat6 syut3
Pinyin lǎo shí shuō

Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #2537
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    老实说，我不喜欢他。
    老實説，我不喜歡他。
    lǎo shí shuō ， wǒ bù xǐ huan tā 。
    • To tell the truth, I don't like him.
    • Truth is, I don't like him.
    • To be honest, I don't like him.
  2. Mandarin
    老实说，我不喜欢你的发型。
    老實説，我不喜歡你的髮型。
    lǎo shí shuō ， wǒ bù xǐ huan nǐ de fà xíng 。
    • Actually, I don't like the way your hair is done.
  3. Mandarin
    老实说，我被我妈妈骂了。
    老實説，我被我媽媽罵了。
    lǎo shí shuō ， wǒ bèi wǒ mā ma mà le 。
    • To tell you the truth, I've been scolded by my mom.
  4. Mandarin
    老实说，他被炒了。
    老實説，他被炒了。
    lǎo shí shuō ， tā bèi chǎo le 。
    • Not to mince words, he got fired.
  5. Mandarin
    老实说，这部小说不太有意思。
    老實説，這部小説不太有意思。
    lǎo shí shuō ， zhè bù xiǎo shuō bù tài yǒu yì si 。
    • Frankly speaking, this novel isn't very interesting.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    老实说，也不过像公子哥儿嫖姑娘一样，吃着碗里，瞧着碟里
    老實説，也不過像公子哥兒嫖姑娘一樣，吃着碗裏，瞧着碟裏
    lǎo shí shuō ， yě bù guò xiàng gōng zǐ gē r5 piáo gū niang yī yàng ， chī zhe wǎn lǐ ， qiáo zhe dié lǐ
    • To be honest, it's just like how the playboys visit prostitutes – eating from a bowl while looking at what's in the plate.