誠
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chéng · honest, sincere, true

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13Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 誠

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Example sentences

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Dà jiā dōu zhī dào tā shì chéng shí de.大家都知道他是誠實的。

Everybody knows that he is honest.

Source: Tatoeba #840520 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yào yì zhí chéng shí shì bù róng yì de.要一直誠實是不容易的。

To be always honest is not easy.

Source: Tatoeba #798240 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Chéng shí shì tā chéng gōng de zhǔ yào yuán yīn.誠實是他成功的主要原因。

Honesty is the primary reason for his success.

Source: Tatoeba #765532 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Jù wǒ suǒ zhī, tā shì yí gè chéng shí de rén.據我所知,他是一個誠實的人。

So far as I know, he is an honest man.

Source: Tatoeba #471444 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Chéng shí shì tā chéng gōng zuì zhòng yào de yīn sù.誠實是他成功最重要的因素。

Honesty was the most important factor in his success.

Source: Tatoeba #337246 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Chéng shí bù zǒng shì zuì hǎo de cè lüè.誠實不總是最好的策略。

Honesty is not always the best policy.

Source: Tatoeba #798223 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 誠 in context

  1. Say chéng, then recall the core meaning: honest, sincere, true.
  2. Write all 13 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 誠 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.