HSK 5 · Adjectives

诚恳 chéngkěn “sincere” in Chinese

Traditional 誠懇

What 诚恳 means

  1. sincere
  2. honest
  3. cordial

How to say 诚恳

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale诚chéng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale恳kěn3rd tone, dipping

诚恳 in a sentence

  1. 他的态度很诚恳。

    Tā de tàidu hěn chéngkěn.

    His manner was very sincere.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 她诚恳地向大家道了歉。

    Tā chéngkěn de xiàng dàjiā dào le qiàn.

    She sincerely apologised to everyone.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 诚恳 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 诚 (chéng) with each of its parts in a different colour
诚chéngsincere; authentic
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 成to accomplish · chéngSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 成 (chéng) hints at the sound. Compare it with chéng.

The character 恳 (kěn) with each of its parts in a different colour
恳kěnearnest
  • 艮stopping · gěnSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 艮 (gěn) hints at the sound. Compare it with kěn.

How to write 诚恳

诚 8 strokes · 恳 10 strokes

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

Words related to 诚恳

Words with 诚

诚实chéngshí · honest诚挚chéngzhì · sincere忠诚zhōngchéng · loyal

Words with 恳

恳切kěnqiè · earnest

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FAQs

诚恳 (chéngkěn) means “sincere” or “honest”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it chéngkěn: chéng with a 2nd tone, then kěn with a 3rd 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, 诚恳 is written 誠懇. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chengken with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 诚恳 from the suggestions. Typing chengken into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
诚恳 is an HSK 5 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.