"Honest" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 实在 | shí zài | really / actually / indeed / true / real / honest / dependable / (philosophy) reality |   |
| 正当 | zhèng dàng | honest / reasonable / fair / sensible | |
| 诚实 | chéng shí | honest | |
| 老实 | lǎo shi | honest / sincere / well-behaved / naive / gullible | |
| 坦白 | tǎn bái | honest / forthcoming / to confess | |
| 诚恳 | chéng kěn | sincere / honest / cordial | |
| 廉洁 | lián jié | incorruptible / unbribable / honest | |
| 方 |  fāng | square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter | |
| 正值 | zhèng zhí | just at the time of / honest / upright / (math.) positive value | |
| 正直 | zhèng zhí | upright / upstanding / honest | |
| 纯正 | chún zhèng | pure / unadulterated / (of motives etc) honest | |
| 真切 | zhēn qiè | vivid / distinct / clear / sincere / honest | |
| 深切 | shēn qiè | deeply felt / heartfelt / sincere / honest | |
| 清廉 | qīng lián | honest / uncorrupted | |
| 耿直 | gěng zhí | honest / frank / candid | |
| 实 | shí | real / true / honest / really / solid / fruit / seed / definitely | |
| 刚正 | gāng zhèng | honest / upright | |
| 端方 | duān fāng | upright / honest / proper / correct | |
| 廉 | lián | incorruptible / honest / inexpensive / to investigate (old) / side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old) | |
| 耿 | gěng | (literary) bright / brilliant / honest / upright | |
| 谠 | dǎng | honest / straightforward | |
| 戆 | zhuàng | simple / honest | |
| 悫 | què | honest | |
| 诚笃 | chéng dǔ | honest / sincere and serious | |
| 顜 | jiǎng | honest / upright | |
| 樸实 | pǔ shí | (adj) simple / unadorned / (adj) honest / plain speaking | |
| 惇 | dūn | kindhearted / honest | |
| 实诚 | shí chéng | sincere / honest | |
| 一尘不染 | yī chén - bù rǎn | (idiom) untainted by even a speck of dust / spotlessly clean / (of a person) honest / incorruptible | |
| 善良 | shàn liáng | good and honest / kindhearted | |
| 清风 | qīng fēng | cool breeze / fig. pure and honest | |
| 规矩 | guī ju | lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved | |
| 纯洁 | chún jié | pure / clean and honest / to purify | |
| 厚道 | hòu dao | kind and honest / generous / sincere | |
| 廉政 | lián zhèng | to govern with integrity / clean and honest government | |
| 朴实 | pǔ shí | plain / simple / guileless / down-to-earth / sincere and honest | |
| 中正 | zhōng zhèng | fair and honest | |
| 前门 | qián mén | front door / main entrance / honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter) | |
| 淳朴 | chún pǔ | simple and honest / unsophisticated / guileless | |
| 浑厚 | hún hòu | simple and honest / unsophisticated / (music etc) deep and resounding | |
| 憨厚 | hān hou | simple and honest / straightforward | |
| 忠厚 | zhōng hòu | honest and considerate | |
| 不务正业 | bù wù zhèng yè | not to engage in honest work / to ignore one's proper occupation / not to attend to one's proper duties | |
| 鱼龙混杂 | yú lóng hùn zá | lit. fish and dragons mixed in together (idiom) / fig. crooks mixed in with the honest folk | |
| 清官 | qīng guān | honest and upright official (traditional) | |
| 忠信 | zhōng xìn | faithful and honest / loyal and sincere | |
| 清苦 | qīng kǔ | destitute but honest / poor and simple / spartan / austere | |
| 敦厚 | dūn hòu | genuine / honest and sincere | |
| 仁厚 | rén hòu | kindhearted / tolerant / honest and generous | |
| 包拯 | Bāo Zhěng | Bao Zheng (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty / modern day metaphor for an honest politician | |
| 磊落 | lěi luò | big and stout / big-hearted / open and honest / continuous / repeated | |
| 洁身自好 | jié shēn zì hào | clean-living and honest (idiom) / to avoid immorality / to shun evil influence / to mind one's own business and keep out of trouble / to keep one's hands clean | |
| 淳厚 | chún hòu | pure and honest / simple and kind | |
| 憨直 | hān zhí | honest and straightforward | |
| 逼良为娼 | bī liáng wéi chāng | to force an honest girl into prostitution (idiom) / to debauch | |
| 调解人 | tiáo jiě rén | honest broker | |
| 清官难断家务事 | qīng guān nán duàn jiā wù shì | even an honest and upright official will have difficulty resolving a family dispute (proverb) | |
| 磊 | lěi | lumpy / rock pile / uneven / fig. sincere / open and honest | |
| 谔 | è | honest speech | |
| 剖肝沥胆 | pōu gān lì dǎn | to be completely honest and sincere (idiom) | |
| 木讷寡言 | mù nè guǎ yán | honest and unaffected but not talkative (idiom) | |
| 清风两袖 | qīng fēng liǎng xiù | honest and upright (idiom) | |
| 直情径行 | zhí qíng jìng xíng | straightforward and honest in one's actions (idiom) | |
| 行不由径 | xíng bù yóu jìng | lit. never taking a short-cut (idiom) / fig. upright and honest | |
| 一清如水 | yī qīng rú shuǐ | lit. as clear as water (idiom) / fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible | |
| 一琴一鹤 | yī qín yī hè | carrying very little luggage (idiom) / honest and incorruptible (government officials) | |
| 磊磊 | lěi lěi | big pile of rocks / bighearted / open and honest | |
| 一点水一个泡 | yī diǎn shuǐ yī gè pào | honest and trustworthy (idiom) | |
| 作风正派 | zuò fēng zhèng pài | to be honest and upright / to have moral integrity | |
| 勤政廉政 | qín zhèng lián zhèng | honest and industrious government functionaries (idiom) | |
| 塞渊 | sāi yuān | honest and far-seeing | |
| 守拙 | shǒu zhuō | to remain honest and poor | |
| 廉直 | lián zhí | upright and honest / incorruptible / squeaky clean | |
| 心口如一 | xīn kǒu rú yī | lit. heart and mouth as one (idiom) / to say what you think / honest and straightforward | |
| 憨实 | hān shí | simple and honest | |
| 明人不做暗事 | míng rén bù zuò àn shì | an honest person does not act surreptitiously (idiom) | |
| 清正廉明 | qīng zhèng lián míng | upright and honest | |
| 直笔 | zhí bǐ | a straightforward honest account | |
| 稳厚 | wěn hòu | steady and honest | |
| 笃厚 | dǔ hòu | honest and generous / magnanimous | |
| 蔫土匪 | niān tǔ fěi | scoundrel with an honest demeanor | |
| 开诚 | kāi chéng | to be honest / to show sincerity | |
| 诚实的掮客 | honest broker | | |
| 让畔 | ràng pàn | to be accommodating in negotiating the boundary of one's field / (fig.) (of farmers in ancient times) to be good-hearted and honest | |
| 硬正 | yìng zhèng | staunchly honest | |
| 实不相瞒 | shí bù xiāng mán | truth to tell / to be quite honest... | |
| 廉正 | lián zhèng | upright and honest / integrity | |
| 说老实话 | shuō lǎo shi huà | to be honest / to tell the truth / to be frank | |
| 剖肝沥胆 | pōu gān - lì dǎn | (idiom) to be completely honest and sincere | |
