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其实 qíshí

其实 qíshí Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 其实 qíshí .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qíshí | qi2 shi2
English translation
actually
in fact
really

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Traditional form

其實

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí
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Etymology of 其实 qíshí

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Explanation

Pictograph of a basket, now written as . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

Gān 一八

Number of Strokes

8
shí

Explanation

Simplified form of shí . guàn is a pictograph of a string of money. Based on the original meaning "thrive; plentiful". The meaning later shifted to "real", "true", and "fruit".

Positional decomposition

宀头

Number of Strokes

8

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shuì le ,接着 jiēzhe 自己 zìjǐ yòu 更正 gēngzhèng dào : “ 其实 qíshí xiàn zài Huán shì zài mèng Zhōng ,知道 zhīdào yāo dào 什么 shénme 时候 shíhou cái shì 真正 zhēnzhèng mèng xǐng ?

Then she immediately corrected herself: " No, I'm dreaming yet. Who knows when I'll really awake?

其实 qíshí yǒu 一些 yī xiē 紫罗兰 zǐ luó lán 觉得 juéde xiǎo ǎi rén de 丑陋 chǒu lòu 大半 dà bàn shì 自己 zìjǐ 故意 gùyì zuò 出来 chū lái de .

Some of the Violets themselves felt that the ugliness of the little Dwarf was almost ostentatious.

直到 zhí dào 近来 jìnlái 我们 wǒmen cái 发现 fāxiàn ,它们 tā men 其实 qíshí shì 众多 zhòng duō 独立 dúlì de 礁石 jiāo shí , 大约 dàyuē yǒu 2900独立的礁石,组成 zǔchéng le 大堡礁 Dà bǎo jiāo .

It's only been latterly that we've discovered that it's lots of individual reefs, around about 2,900 separate reef systems which make

其实 qíshí , de 安祥 ān xiáng 只是 zhǐ shì 点缀 diǎnzhuì zài 这片废墟 fèixū shǎng de 几朵野花 yě huā 而已 éryǐ .

His serenity was but the array of wild flowers niched in his ruin.

其实 qíshí shì bèn , 而是 ér shì lǎn .

He is not truly stupid, but he is lazy.

其实 qíshí Decomposition

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其实 qíshí Compounds

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      • Sāi
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    • qiān
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  • shí
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