HSK 5 · Adjectives

坦率 tǎnshuài “frank” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 坦率 means

  1. frank
  2. candid
  3. straightforward

How to say 坦率

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale坦tǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale率shuài4th tone, falling

坦率 in a sentence

  1. 她是个很坦率的人。

    Tā shì ge hěn tǎnshuài de rén.

    She’s a very frank person.

    Sentence #2431717 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 坦率地说，他错了。

    Tǎnshuài de shuō, tā cuò le.

    Frankly speaking, he’s wrong.

    Sentence #1839117 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 坦率 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 坦 (tǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
坦tǎnflat
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part
  • 旦dawn · dànSound part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 旦 (dàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with tǎn.

The character 率 (shuài) drawn as one shape
率shuàito lead

率 is a single shape of 11 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 坦率

坦 8 strokes · 率 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 坦率

Words with 坦

平坦píngtǎn · flat坦白tǎnbái · frank

Words with 率

汇率huìlǜ · exchange rate效率xiàolǜ · efficiency率领shuàilǐng · to lead草率cǎoshuài · careless频率pínlǜ · frequency

More words: Adjectives

舒适shūshì · cosy熟练shúliàn · practised丝毫sīháo · the slightest amount or degree私人sīrén · private烫tàng · very hot特殊tèshū · special天真tiānzhēn · naive透明tòumíng · transparent

FAQs

坦率 (tǎnshuài) means “frank” or “candid”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it tǎnshuài: tǎn with a 3rd tone, then shuài with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 坦率 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tanshuai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 坦率 from the suggestions. Typing tanshuai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
坦率 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.