事实上

Character by character

• 事shì8 strokesHSK 1affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
• 实shí8 strokesHSK 2 traditional 實real, true; honest, sincere
• 上shàng3 strokesHSK 1top; superior, highest; go up, send up

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Example sentences

• 事实上。

  Shì shí shàng

  Actually.

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Words with the same characters

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

• 上shàngHSK 1

  (bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above

• 事shìHSK 1

  matter; thing; item; work; affair

• 事情shì qingHSK 2

  affair; matter; thing; business

• 其实qí shíHSK 3

  actually; in fact; really

• 身上shēn shangHSK 1

  on the body; at hand; among

• 晚上wǎn shangHSK 1

  evening; night; in the evening

• 故事gù shìHSK 2

  old practice

• 马上mǎ shàngHSK 1

  at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force)

• 确实què shíHSK 3

  indeed; really; reliable; real; true

• 事件shì jiànHSK 3

  event; happening; incident

• 事实shì shíHSK 3

  fact

• 早上zǎo shangHSK 1

  early morning

• 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

• 上面shàng miànHSK 3

  on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian]

• 真实zhēn shíHSK 3

  true; real

• 事业shì yèHSK 3

  undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career; occupation

• 实在shí zàiHSK 2

  really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality

• 事故shì gùHSK 3

  accident

• 上班shàng bānHSK 1

  to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office

• 路上lù shangHSK 1

  on the road; on a journey; road surface

• 加上jiā shàngHSK 5

  plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that

• 说实话shuō shí huàHSK 6

  to speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly