Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Honest; truthful: Describes a person who consistently tells the truth, does not lie, cheat, or steal, and whose actions align with their words.
   • Faithful; accurate: Describes something that is a true and reliable representation of facts or reality, such as a faithful account or an accurate translation.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ấy là một người rất trung thực. (He is a very honest person.)
  • Bản dịch này rất trung thực với nguyên tác. (This translation is very faithful to the original.)
  • Cô ấy đã đưa ra lời khai trung thực trước tòa. (She gave honest testimony in court.)

Advanced Usage

• "tính trung thực": honesty (as a quality or principle).

  • Tính trung thực là phẩm chất quan trọng nhất. (Honesty is the most important quality.)

• Used in formal and evaluative contexts, such as academic integrity, historical reporting, or character assessment.

Variants and Related Words

• Trung thực hóa (v): to be honest about something, to come clean.

  • Anh ta cần trung thực hóa về quá khứ của mình. (He needs to be honest about his past.)

• Lời nói trung thực (n): a truthful statement.

Synonyms

• Honest: truthful and sincere.
• Truthful: telling or expressing the truth.
• Faithful: loyal and accurate in representation.
• Sincere: free from pretense or deceit.

Related Idioms

• Ăn ngay nói thẳng: to be straightforward and honest (literally: to eat straight, speak straight).

  • Bà ấy luôn ăn ngay nói thẳng, rất trung thực. (She is always straightforward and very honest.)

• Thẳng như ruột ngựa: to be very frank and honest (literally: straight as a horse's intestine).

  • Tính anh ấy thẳng như ruột ngựa. (His character is very frank and honest.)

adj

1. earnest; faithful