HSK 5 · Ideas

事实 shìshí “fact” in Chinese

Traditional 事實

What 事实 means

  1. fact

Measure word 个 gè · 一个事实 yí ge shìshí

How to say 事实

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale事shì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale实shí2nd tone, rising

事实 in a sentence

  1. 我承认他说的是事实。

    Wǒ chéngrèn tā shuō de shì shìshí.

    I admit that what he says is true.

    Sentence #1323979 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我只想知道事实。

    Wǒ zhǐ xiǎng zhīdao shìshí.

    I just want to know the facts.

    Sentence #5630392 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我没有勇气把事实告诉她。

    Wǒ méiyǒu yǒngqì bǎ shìshí gàosu tā.

    I didn’t have the courage to tell her the truth.

    Sentence #1450719 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 事实 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 事 (shì) with each of its parts in a different colour
事shìmatter
  • 一one · yī
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 彐snout · jì
  • 亅hook · jué
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.

How to write 事实

事 8 strokes · 实 8 strokes

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

Words related to 事实

Words with 事

事shì · matter没事méishì · it’s nothing事情shìqing · matter同事tóngshì · colleague故事gùshi · story从事cóngshì · to engage in人事rénshì · personnel军事jūnshì · military affairs事物shìwù · thing事先shìxiān · in advance

Words with 实

其实qíshí · actually诚实chéngshí · honest实际shíjì · actual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

More words: Ideas & Concepts

前途qiántú · prospects情景qíngjǐng · scene趋势qūshì · trend实践shíjiàn · practice事物shìwù · thing收获shōuhuò · harvest手续shǒuxù · procedure数shù · number

FAQs

事实 (shìshí) means “fact”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it shìshí: shì with a 4th tone, then shí with a 2nd 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, 事实 is written 事實. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one fact is 一个事实 (yí ge shìshí).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shishi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 事实 from the suggestions. Typing shishi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
事实 is an HSK 5 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.