Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Straightforward; Frank; Direct: Describes a person, their character, or their manner of communication as being honest, sincere, and not evasive. It implies speaking or acting without hiding one's true thoughts or intentions.
   • Straight; Aligned: Describes something physically very straight, without bends or deviations. (This meaning is less common in modern usage.)

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ấy là một người rất thẳng thắn. (He is a very straightforward person.)
  • Tôi đánh giá cao sự thẳng thắn của cô ấy. (I appreciate her frankness.)
  • Hàng cây được trồng thẳng thắn. (The trees are planted in a straight line.)

Advanced Usage

• "nói thẳng thắn": to speak frankly; to be blunt.

  • Chúng ta cần nói thẳng thắn với nhau về vấn đề này. (We need to speak frankly with each other about this issue.)

• "thẳng thắn thừa nhận": to openly/admittedly acknowledge.

  • Cô ấy thẳng thắn thừa nhận sai lầm. (She openly admitted her mistake.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thẳng thừng (adj/adverb): bluntly, curtly, in a brutally direct manner.

  • Anh ta từ chối thẳng thừng. (He refused point-blank.)

• Ngay thẳng (adj): upright, honest, righteous (often with a stronger moral connotation).

  • Một công chức ngay thẳng. (An upright civil servant.)

Synonyms

• Frank: open and sincere in expression.
• Candid: truthful and straightforward, even when the truth is unwelcome.
• Direct: proceeding in a straight line without diversion; straightforward in manner.
• Forthright: direct and outspoken.

Related Idioms

• Thẳng như ruột ngựa: (Straight as a horse's intestine) – An idiom describing an extremely straightforward and blunt person who says exactly what they think.
  • Tính anh ấy thẳng như ruột ngựa, không biết nói khéo. (His nature is brutally straightforward; he doesn't know how to be tactful.)

adj

1. straightforward