yysy
有一说一yǒu yī shuō yī
In English
to be fair / not gonna lie
What does yysy mean?
yysy (有一说一, yǒu yī shuō yī) is a internet Chinese slang term that literally means "say one as one (call it as it is)". A preface meaning "to be fair" or "honestly", signaling a frank, even-handed take. Typed as yysy. In English, it's closest to "to be fair / not gonna lie".
Hear it explained
A 30-second take on yysy — what it means, where it came from, and how to use it.
Before someone drops an honest take, they'll open with yysy — 有一说一, yǒu yī shuō yī, call it like it is. 'To be fair' or 'not gonna lie'. yysy，这部电影的特效是真的好. It signals: I'm about to be real with you now.
Example
yysy，这部电影的特效是真的好。
yysy, zhè bù diànyǐng de tèxiào shì zhēn de hǎo.
Not gonna lie, this movie's effects really are great.
Where yysy comes from
The idiom 有一说一 became a stock opener in forum debates, then got abbreviated to its pinyin initials. Less common than at its peak.
Related slang
FAQ
Free account
Learn slang you can actually hear
A dictionary entry tells you what it means — the episodes let you hear how people say it. A free account keeps every word you save together with the audio it came from, at a level you understand.
- Hear slang in natural audio
- Keep vocab and transcript progress
- Continue at your level