qí shí

Translation

  • actually
  • in fact
  • really

Synonyms

Examples

  • 其实,他也爱着她。
    In fact, he too loved her.
  • 其实有没有看过?
    Did you read it at all?
  • 老实说,我其实想留在家中,不想出外的。
    To tell the truth, I would rather stay at home than go out.
  • 水和冰虽然形态不同,但其实是同一种物质。
    Water and ice are the same substance in different forms.
  • 很多人觉得有教才有学,但其实这个观念是错的。
    One of the great superstitions about education is that learning is the result of teaching.
  • 她说再见的时候,脸上挂著笑容,但其实心中是十分难受的。
    She said good-bye with a smile, but there was a good deal of bitterness in her heart.
  • 中国古代没有猫,现在我们所熟悉的猫其实是很晚才由国外传入中国的。
    In ancient China there were no cats; the cat that we are familiar with today was not imported into China from abroad until much later.
  • 他决定不买那个房子了,首先是因为太贵了,其实是因为离他的办公室太
    He decided not to buy the house, because in the first place it was too expensive, and in the second place it was too far from his office.
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