其实 (其實)
qí shí
Pinyin

Definition

其实 (其實)
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qí shí
  1. actually
  2. in fact
  3. really

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

其
qí
  1. 1 his
  2. 2 her
  3. 3 its
  4. 4 their
  5. 5 that
  6. 6 such
  7. 7 it (refers to sth preceding it)
其中
qí zhōng
  1. 1 among
  2. 2 in
  3. 3 included among these
其他
qí tā
  1. 1 other
  2. 2 (sth or sb) else
  3. 3 the rest
其实
qí shí
  1. 1 actually
  2. 2 in fact
  3. 3 really
其它
qí tā
  1. 1 other
  2. 2 the others
  3. 3 else
  4. 4 other than it
  5. 5 in addition to the thing mentioned above

Idioms (20)

三缄其口
sān jiān qí kǒu
  1. 1 (idiom) reluctant to speak about it
  2. 2 tight-lipped
上下其手
shàng xià qí shǒu
  1. 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
  2. 2 fig. conspiring to defraud
不胜其苦
bù shèng qí kǔ
  1. 1 unable to bear the pain (idiom)
不厌其烦
bù yàn qí fán
  1. 1 not to mind taking all the trouble (idiom)
  2. 2 to take great pains
  3. 3 to be very patient
不安其室
bù ān qí shì
  1. 1 to be discontented with one's home
  2. 2 to have adulterous relations after marriage (of women) (idiom)

Sample Sentences

其实我有点想你。你想我吗？
qíshí wǒ yǒudiǎn xiǎng nǐ 。nǐ xiǎng wǒ ma ？
Actually, I kind of miss you. Do you miss me?
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你给我的天堂，其实是一片荒凉。
nǐ gěi wǒ de tiāntáng ，qíshí shì yīpiàn huāngliáng 。
The heaven you gave me was actually a barren land.
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其实，我早上就跟他说了...
qíshí ，wǒ zǎoshang jiù gēn tā shuō le ...
Actually, I've already told him this morning...
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其实长相什么的真的不太重要，我只希望我以后的伴侣能对我诚实。
qíshí zhǎngxiàng shénmede zhēnde bùtài zhòngyào ，wǒ zhǐ xīwàng wǒ yǐhòu de bànlǚ néng duì wǒ chéngshí 。
To be honest, appearance doesn't matter that much. The only thing I hope is that my future partner is honest with me.
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我要向你坦白一件事，其实我不是你的亲生妈妈。
wǒ yào xiàng nǐ tǎnbái yī jiàn shì ，qíshí wǒ búshi nǐ de qīnshēng māma 。
I have to confess to you that I am actually not your biological mother.
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但其实孙子是一个反战者，他认为正面的战争极度消耗资源，他推崇不战而胜。
dàn qíshí Sūnzǐ shì yīgē fǎnzhàn zhě ，tā rènwéi zhèngmiàn de zhànzhēng jídù xiāohào zīyuán ，tā tuīchóng bùzhànérshèng 。
But in fact, he opposes war and believes head on confrontation type of war is extremely resource-consuming. He advocates victory without fighting.
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其实我也知道，只是还是不由自主地想要道歉。虽然我每天过着没有空调的生活，真的很憋闷。
qíshí wǒ yě zhīdào ，zhǐshì háishi bùyóuzìzhǔ de xiǎngyào dàoqiàn 。suīrán wǒ měitiān guò zhe méiyǒu kōngtiáo de shēnghuó ，zhēnde hěn biēmen 。
In fact, I also know that, just that I still apologize involuntarily. Although I have been without air conditioning every day and it’s really depressing.
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秦宇是个羞涩的男孩儿，他其实有时候想和这个女孩儿聊几句，但也不知道该从何聊起。就这么过了将近三个月，他和女孩儿几乎天天见到面，但除了点咖啡和道谢之外，他们两人未曾说过其它话语。
qínyǔ shì gè xiūsè de nánháir ，tā qíshí yǒushíhou xiǎng hé zhège nǚháiēr liáo jǐ jù ，dàn yě bù zhīdào gāi cónghé liáo qǐ 。jiù zhème guò le jiāngjìn sān ge yuè ，tā hé nǚháiēr jīhū tiāntiān jiàndào miàn ，dàn chúle diǎn kāfēi hé dàoxiè zhīwài ，tāmen liǎng rén wèicéng shuō guo qítā huàyǔ 。
QinYu is a shy boy. Sometimes he really wanted to make small talk with this girl, but he didn't know where to start. About three months had passed, and he had been meeting this girl almost every day. But aside from ordering coffee and a thank-you, they hadn't said anything else to each other.
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他每一次都这样说，但是考试其实很难，结果大家都没读，到最后他拿了第一名。这种人就是在扮猪吃老虎。
tā měi yī cì dōu zhèyàng shuō ，dànshì kǎoshì qíshí hěn nán ，jiéguǒ dàjiā dōu méi dú ，dào zuìhòu tā ná le dì yī míng 。zhèzhǒng rén jiùshì zài bànzhūchīlǎohǔ 。
He said that every time. But the exam was actually hard. In the end, no one studied and he came first in class. What he did was to pretend to be weak to take advantage of others.
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虽然他投资成功了，但是他其实没什么能力，只是很幸运，就像瞎猫碰到死耗子一样而已。
suīrán tā tóuzī chénggōng le ，dànshì tā qíshí méi shénme nénglì ，zhǐshì hěn xìngyùn ，jiù xiàng xiāmāopèngdàosǐhàozi yīyàng éryǐ 。
Although he made some successful investments, he is quite incompetent. It was just a stroke of luck, just like a blind cat meets a dead mouse.
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