实 (shí) means Real (really - true - honest - solid). Below are 24 of the 165 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他在医院 实 习。
Tā zài yīyuàn shíxí.
He is doing an internship at the hospital.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 实习
他做事很踏 实 。
Tā zuòshì hěn tāshi.
He is very solid and steady in his work.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 踏实
两队 实 力悬殊。
Liǎng duì shílì xuánshū.
The two teams are far apart in strength.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 悬殊
这次 实 验很成功。
Zhè cì shíyàn hěn chénggōng.
This experiment was very successful.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 成功
这个方案更 实 际。
Zhège fāng'àn gèng shíjì.
This proposal is more practical.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 方案
我说的都是 实 话。
Wǒ shuō de dōu shì shíhuà.
Everything I said is the truth.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 实话
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From the graded readers
说 实 话，我自己也这么想。
shuō shíhuà, wǒ zìjǐ yě zhème xiǎng.
To be honest, I thought the same.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running
其 实 那六层楼我走得比平时还轻松。
qíshí nà / nèi liù céng lóu wǒ zǒu dé / děi / de bǐ píngshí hái / huán qīngsōng.
In fact those six floors felt lighter than usual.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger
说 实 话，我当时并不想参加，是室友帮我报的名。
shuō shíhuà, wǒ dāngshí bìngbù xiǎng cānjiā, shì shì yǒu bāng wǒ bào de / dì míng.
To be honest I didn't want to enter; my roommate signed me up.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech
那一刻我明白了，其 实 我一直都可以，只是不相信自己。
nà / nèi yīkè wǒ míngbaile, qíshí wǒ yìzhí dōu kěyǐ, zhǐshì bù xiāngxìn zìjǐ.
In that moment I understood that I'd always been able to — I just hadn't believed it.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike
我不敢说自己爱上了跑步——说 实 话，我到现在也不太喜欢。
wǒ bùgǎn shuō zìjǐ àishàng le / liǎo / liào pǎobù—— shuō shíhuà, wǒ dào xiànzài yěbù tài xǐhuan.
I wouldn't claim to have fallen in love with running — honestly, I still don't much like it.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running
我想了几秒钟，然后老老 实 实 地说：“我做事太慢，因为我怕做错。”
wǒ xiǎng le / liǎo / liào jǐ / jī miǎo zhōng, ránhòu lǎo lǎoshí shí dì / de shuō:" wǒ zuòshì tài màn, yīnwèi wǒ pà zuòcuò."
I thought for a few seconds and then said honestly, "I work too slowly, because I'm afraid of making mistakes."
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview
From the travel phrasebook
有 实 拍图吗？
Yǒu shípāitú ma?
Do you have real photos of it?
Travel phrasebook · Sourcing online (1688 and Alibaba)
实 appears in 165 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 实
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Questions about 实
How is 实 used in a sentence?
This page shows 165 sentences using 实 (shí, "Real (really - true - honest - solid)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 实 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 实 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 实?
The dictionary page for 实 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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