HSK 6 · Adjectives

朴实 pǔshí “plain” in Chinese

Traditional 樸實

What 朴实 means

  1. plain
  2. simple
  3. down-to-earth
  4. guileless
  5. sincere and honest

How to say 朴实

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale朴pǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale实shí2nd tone, rising

朴实 in a sentence

  1. 真理的语言必定是朴实无华、毫无矫饰的。

    Zhēnlǐ de yǔyán bìdìng shì pǔshí wúhuá、háowú jiǎoshì de.

    The language of truth is always plain and unadorned, without any pretence.

    Sentence #13879065 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 朴实 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 朴 (pǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
朴pǔplain; simple
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 卜divination · bǔSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 卜 (bǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with pǔ.

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 朴实

朴 6 strokes · 实 8 strokes

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

Words related to 朴实

Words with 朴

朴素pǔsù · plain

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

平凡píngfán · ordinary平坦píngtǎn · flat平行píngxíng · parallel平庸píngyōng · mediocre朴素pǔsù · plain恰当qiàdàng · appropriate恰到好处qiàdàohǎochù · just right谦逊qiānxùn · modest

FAQs

朴实 (pǔshí) means “plain” or “simple”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it pǔshí: pǔ with a 3rd 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, 朴实 is written 樸實. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pushi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 朴实 from the suggestions. Typing pushi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
朴实 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.