HSK 4 · Adjectives

实际 shíjì “actual” in Chinese

Traditional 實際

What 实际 means

  1. actual
  2. real
  3. reality
  4. practice
  5. practical
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • realistic

How to say 实际

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale实shí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale际jì4th tone, falling

实际 in a sentence

  1. 他看起来比他的实际年龄大。

    Tā kànqǐlai bǐ tā de shíjì niánlíng dà.

    He looks older than his actual age.

    Sentence #848220 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 实际上没有那么难。

    Shíjìshàng méiyǒu nàme nán.

    It’s actually not that hard.

    Sentence #6120764 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 实际 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 实 (shí) with each of its parts in a different colour
实shíreal
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 头head · tóu

Memory aidSimplified from 實, a house 宀 full of strings of coins: solid, real.

The character 际 (jì) with each of its parts in a different colour
际jìborder
  • 阝placeMeaning part
  • 示sign · shìSound part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 示 (shì) hints at the sound. Compare it with jì.

How to write 实际

实 8 strokes · 际 7 strokes

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实际 (shíjì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 实际 (shíjì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 实际

Words with 实

其实qíshí · actually诚实chéngshí · honest确实quèshí · indeed实在shízài · really实际上shíjìshàng · in fact果实guǒshí · fruit (of a plant)实话shíhuà · truth实现shíxiàn · to achieve结实jiēshi · sturdy老实lǎoshi · honest

Words with 际

国际guójì · international实际上shíjìshàng · in fact交际jiāojì · social interaction之际zhījì · at the time of

More words: Adjectives

轻松qīngsōng · relaxed穷qióng · poor热闹rènao · bustling with noise and excitement深shēn · deep帅shuài · handsome顺利shùnlì · smoothly特点tèdiǎn · characteristic (feature)危险wēixiǎn · danger

FAQs

实际 (shíjì) means “actual” or “real”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it shíjì: shí with a 2nd tone, then jì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 实际 is written 實際. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shiji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 实际 from the suggestions. Typing shiji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
实际 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.