其实 (其實) qíshí
adverb
actually; in fact; really
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: A movable adverb (CC-CEDICT '其實'; Guoyu '其實'; Mathews 1931 '其實', p. 69; Sun 2006, loc. 1701)
Contained in
- 言符其实(言符其實) (of one's words) to be in accord with reality
- 言过其实(言過其實) to exaggerate; to overstate the facts
- 名副其实(名副其實) the name corresponds with reality; not just in name only, but also in reality
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷六 秦四 Chapter 6: Qin IV Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 9
- 卷十六 志第六 律曆上 Volume 16 Treatises 6: Rhythm and the Calendar Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 5
- 卷五 中山經 Chapter 5: Classic of the Mountains - Central Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 — count: 5
- 卷八十一 志第三十四 律曆十四 Volume 81 Treatises 34: Measures and Calendar 14 History of Song 宋史 — count: 5
- 卷四百二十九 列傳第一百八十八 道學三 朱熹 張栻 Volume 429 Biographies 188: Taoist Scholars 3 - Zhu Xi, Zhang Shi History of Song 宋史 — count: 5
- 卷四 Scroll 4 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
- 卷七十一 十國世家年譜第十一 Volume 71: Timeline for the Hereditary Houses of the Ten Kingdoms New History of the Five Dynasties 新五代史 — count: 4
- 第十六回 Chapter 16 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 4
- 第八十二回 Chapter 82 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 4
- 卷一 君道 Chapter 1: The Way of the Ruler Garden of Stories 說苑 — count: 4