实在

Character by character

• 实shí8 strokesHSK 2 traditional 實real, true; honest, sincere
• 在zài6 strokesHSK 1be at, in, on; consist in, rest

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 实在. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 在zàiHSK 1

  to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

• 现在xiàn zàiHSK 1

  now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays

• 其实qí shíHSK 3

  actually; in fact; really

• 正在zhèng zàiHSK 1

  just at (that time); right in (that place); right in the middle of (doing sth)

• 存在cún zàiHSK 3

  to exist; to be; existence

• 确实què shíHSK 3

  indeed; really; reliable; real; true

• 事实shì shíHSK 3

  fact

• 实现shí xiànHSK 2

  to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about

• 实际上shí jì shàngHSK 3

  in fact; in reality; as a matter of fact; in practice

• 现实xiàn shíHSK 3

  reality; actuality; real; actual; realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested

• 真实zhēn shíHSK 3

  true; real

• 事实上shì shí shàngHSK 3

  in fact; in reality; actually; as a matter of fact; de facto; ipso facto

• 说实话shuō shí huàHSK 6

  to speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly

• 在于zài yúHSK 4

  to be in; to lie in; to consist in; to depend on; to rest with

• 实验shí yànHSK 3

  experiment; test; experimental; to experiment

• 实际shí jìHSK 2

  reality; practice; practical; realistic; real; actual

• 在家zài jiāHSK 1

  to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 差); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 家)

• 实力shí lìHSK 3

  strength

• 证实zhèng shíHSK 5

  to confirm (sth to be true); to verify

• 所在suǒ zàiHSK 5

  place; location; (after a noun) place where it is located

• 实施shí shīHSK 4

  to implement; to carry out

• 在乎zài huHSK 4

  to care about; equivalent of 在于

• 实验室shí yàn shìHSK 3

  laboratory

• 在场zài chǎngHSK 5

  to be present; to be on the scene