诚
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(bound form) sincere; authentic; (literary) really; truly
Formation & memory
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How to remember it
sincere · Heisig RSH #370
words + 成 turn into
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 诚
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 精诚所加，金石为开 | see 精誠所至，金石為開|精诚所至，金石为开[jing1 cheng2 suo3 zhi4 , jin1 shi2 wei4 kai1] | |
| 精诚所至，金石为开 | lit. metal and stone yield to power of sincerity (idiom); fig. no difficulty is insurmount… | |
| 开诚布公 | variant of 開誠布公|开诚布公[kai1 cheng2 bu4 gong1] | |
| 开诚布公 | lit. deal sincerely and fairly (idiom); frank and open-minded; plain speaking; Let's talk … | |
| 诚心正意 | see 誠心誠意|诚心诚意[cheng2 xin1 cheng2 yi4] | |
| 开诚相见 | candid and open (idiom) | |
| 诚心实意 | earnestly and sincerely (idiom); with all sincerity | |
| 亲爱精诚 | camaraderie | |
| 赤诚相见 | candidly sharing confidences | |
| 坦诚相见 | to trust one another fully; to treat sb with sincerity | |
| 精诚所至 | no difficulty is insurmountable if one is sincere (idiom) | |
| 诚心所愿 | so be it; amen | |
| 诚心 | sincerity | |
| 诚心诚意 | earnestly and sincerely (idiom); with all sincerity | |
| 赤诚相待 | to treat utterly sincerely; open and above board in dealing with sb | |
| 诚意 | sincerity; good faith | |
| 诚然 | indeed; true! (I agree with you) | |
| 诚如 | it is exactly as | |
| 诚信 | honesty; trustworthiness; good faith | |
| 热诚 | devotion; fervor |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 成 — compare how they read.