实在 (shízài) means Real (really - true - honestly). Below are 17 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
这种行为 实在 无耻。
Zhè zhǒng xíngwéi shízài wúchǐ.
This behaviour is truly shameless.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 无耻
大家这么说 实在 是过奖。
Dàjiā zhème shuō shízài shì guòjiǎng.
It really is too kind of everyone to say so.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 过奖
这件事我 实在 无能为力。
Zhè jiàn shì wǒ shízài wú néng wéi lì.
There is truly nothing I can do about this.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 无能为力
您过奖了，我 实在 不敢当。
Nín guòjiǎng le, wǒ shízài bù gǎndāng.
You flatter me; I really don't deserve such praise.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 不敢当
他这种做法 实在 让人恶心。
Tā zhè zhǒng zuòfǎ shízài ràng rén ěxin.
The way he behaves is truly disgusting.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 恶心
这种噪音我 实在 忍受不了。
Zhè zhǒng zàoyīn wǒ shízài rěnshòu bu liǎo.
I really cannot put up with this noise.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 忍受
这种噪音 实在 令人不堪忍受。
Zhè zhǒng zàoyīn shízài lìng rén bùkān rěnshòu.
This noise really is unbearable.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 不堪
用这种手段赢得比赛 实在 卑鄙。
Yòng zhè zhǒng shǒuduàn yíngdé bǐsài shízài bēibǐ.
Winning a match by such means is truly despicable.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 卑鄙
他对老人这种态度 实在 不像话。
Tā duì lǎorén zhè zhǒng tàidù shízài búxiànghuà.
His attitude towards the old man is really unacceptable.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 不像话
这件事就拜托你了，我 实在 走不开。
Zhè jiàn shì jiù bàituō nǐ le, wǒ shízài zǒu bu kāi.
I'm leaving this in your hands; I really can't get away.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 拜托
这种情况我 实在 不知道该怎么对付。
Zhè zhǒng qíngkuàng wǒ shízài bù zhīdào gāi zěnme duìfu.
I really don't know how to deal with a situation like this.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 对付
他能坚持这么多年， 实在 难能可贵。
Tā néng jiānchí zhème duō nián, shízài nánnéngkěguì.
That he has kept it up for so many years is truly commendable.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 难能可贵
面对主人的盛情，他 实在 不好推辞。
Miànduì zhǔrén de shèngqíng, tā shízài bù hǎo tuīcí.
Faced with his host's warmth he could hardly refuse.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 盛情
为省这点钱赔上健康， 实在 得不偿失。
Wèi shěng zhè diǎn qián péi shàng jiànkāng, shízài dé bù cháng shī.
Ruining your health to save this little money really is not worth it.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 得不偿失
为了省五块钱走两公里， 实在 不合算。
Wèile shěng wǔ kuài qián zǒu liǎng gōnglǐ, shízài bù hésuàn.
Walking two kilometres to save five yuan really is not worth it.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 合算
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Questions about 实在
How is 实在 used in a sentence?
This page shows 17 sentences using 实在 (shízài, "Real (really - true - honestly)"), 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.
Is 实在 an HSK word?
Yes — 实在 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
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The dictionary page for 实在 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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