实际上

Character by character

• 实shí8 strokesHSK 2 traditional 實real, true; honest, sincere
• 际jì7 strokesHSK 2 traditional 際border, boundary, juncture
• 上shàng3 strokesHSK 1top; superior, highest; go up, send up

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

Example sentences

• 实际上我错了。

  Shí jì shàng wǒ cuò le

  Actually, I was wrong.

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• 你实际上想说什么？

  Nǐ shí jì shàng xiǎng shuō shén me

  What do you really want to say?

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 实际上. 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

• 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

• 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

• 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]

• 国际guó jìHSK 2

  international

• 真实zhēn shíHSK 3

  true; real

• 实在shí zàiHSK 2

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

• 上班shàng bānHSK 1

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

• 事实上shì shí shàngHSK 3

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

• 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

• 实验shí yànHSK 3

  experiment; test; experimental; to experiment

• 实际shí jìHSK 2

  reality; practice; practical; realistic; real; actual

• 车上chē shàngHSK 1

  Car

• 以上yǐ shàngHSK 2

  that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned; (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.

• 上去shàng qùHSK 3

  to go up