其实 (qíshí) means Actually (in fact). Below are 11 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
其实 这个问题很简单。
Qíshí zhège wèntí hěn jiǎndān.
Actually this question is very simple.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 其实
他看着年轻， 其实 已经四十岁了。
Tā kàn zhe niánqīng, qíshí yǐjing sìshí suì le.
He looks young, but he's actually already forty.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 其实
他是名副 其实 的专家。
Tā shì míng fù qí shí de zhuānjiā.
He is an expert in fact as well as in name.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 名副其实
两种方案的差别 其实 不大。
Liǎng zhǒng fāng'àn de chābié qíshí bú dà.
The difference between the two plans is actually small.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 差别
这里名副 其实 是个花园城市。
Zhèlǐ míng fù qí shí shì ge huāyuán chéngshì.
This place truly deserves the name of garden city.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 名副其实
他表面坚强，内心 其实 很脆弱。
Tā biǎomiàn jiānqiáng, nèixīn qíshí hěn cuìruò.
He seems strong on the surface but is really quite fragile inside.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 脆弱
他说话有点粗鲁， 其实 心地很好。
Tā shuōhuà yǒudiǎn cūlǔ, qíshí xīndì hěn hǎo.
He speaks rather roughly, but he is really good-hearted.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 粗鲁
这些商品被大肆宣传， 其实 并不好用。
Zhèxiē shāngpǐn bèi dàsì xuānchuán, qíshí bìng bù hǎo yòng.
These products were heavily hyped but are not actually much good.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 大肆
他总是贬低自己的成绩， 其实 做得很好。
Tā zǒngshì biǎndī zìjǐ de chéngjì, qíshí zuò de hěn hǎo.
He always plays down his own achievements, though he has done very well.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 贬低
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From the graded readers
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
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
Words that contain 其实
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Questions about 其实
How is 其实 used in a sentence?
This page shows 11 sentences using 其实 (qíshí, "Actually (in fact)"), 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 其实 an HSK word?
Yes — 其实 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 其实?
The dictionary page for 其实 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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