HSK 6 · Adjectives

忠实 zhōngshí “faithful” in Chinese

Traditional 忠實

What 忠实 means

  1. faithful
  2. loyal
  3. true to (the original)

How to say 忠实

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale忠zhōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale实shí2nd tone, rising

忠实 in a sentence

  1. 狗是最忠实的朋友。

    Gǒu shì zuì zhōngshí de péngyou.

    A dog is the most devoted friend.

    Sentence #13519246 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 我是足球的忠实粉丝。

    Wǒ shì zúqiú de zhōngshí fěnsī.

    I’m a loyal football fan.

    Sentence #5091680 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他忠实地实行了该计划。

    Tā zhōngshí de shíxíng le gāi jìhuà.

    He carried out the plan faithfully.

    Sentence #2029327 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 忠实 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 忠 (zhōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
忠zhōngloyal; devoted; faithful
  • 中central · zhōngSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 中 (zhōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhōng.

The character 实 (shí) with each of its parts in a different colour
实shíreal
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 头head · tóu

Memory aidSimplified from 實, a house 宀 full of strings of coins: solid, real.

How to write 忠实

忠 8 strokes · 实 8 strokes

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忠实 (zhōngshí) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 忠实 (zhōngshí). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 忠实

Words with 忠

忠诚zhōngchéng · loyal

Words with 实

其实qíshí · actually诚实chéngshí · honest实际shíjì · actual确实quèshí · indeed实在shízài · really实际上shíjìshàng · in fact果实guǒshí · fruit (of a plant)实话shíhuà · truth实现shíxiàn · to achieve结实jiēshi · sturdy

More words: Adjectives

珍稀zhēnxī · rare and precious真挚zhēnzhì · sincere执着zhízhuó · persistent忠诚zhōngchéng · loyal衷心zhōngxīn · heartfelt周密zhōumì · thorough壮观zhuàngguān · spectacular壮丽zhuànglì · magnificent

FAQs

忠实 (zhōngshí) means “faithful” or “loyal”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhōngshí: zhōng with a 1st tone, then shí with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 忠实 is written 忠實. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhongshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 忠实 from the suggestions. Typing zhongshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
忠实 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.