(shí) - real, actual, true (in 其实, 确实, 事实) in Mandarin
shíTraditional: 實
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Translation
real, actual, true (in 其实, 确实, 事实)
Word origin
In the simplified form the roof radical 宀 sits over 头; the traditional 實 shows 宀 (roof) over 貫 (strings of money), a full house signalling something real and substantial.
- Origin
- ideographic
- Root
- 宀 (roof) + 头 (simplified element); traditional 宀 + 貫 (wealth)
Stroke order
实
Examples
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Actually, I'm not very clear either.
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This is a fact.
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In fact, the situation is more complex.
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He always does things in a solid way.
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This box feels very solid.
实 (shí) means real, actual, or true. It anchors a small but very common cluster: 其实 (actually), 确实 (indeed), 事实 (fact), and 事实上 (in fact).
Appears in 11 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 实.
其实qí shíactually, in fact, as a matter of fact确实què shíindeed, truly, certainly; real, actual事实shì shífact, reality事实上shì shí shàngin fact, as a matter of fact实在shí zàireally, honestly, truly实际上shí jì shangin fact, actually, in reality真实zhēn shíreal, true, authentic说实话shuō shí huàto tell the truth, to be honest, honestly speaking现实xiàn shíreality, realistic, actual老实lǎo shíhonest, frank, well-behaved实现shí xiànto realise, to achieve, to bring about
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