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实际

shí jì

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 實際

实际 (shí jì) means "reality". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 实际 means

1. reality
2. practice
3. practical
4. realistic
5. real
6. actual

The characters in 实际

• 实shíreal; true; honest
• 际jìborder; edge; boundary

Example sentences

• 实际上我错了。
  Actually, I was wrong.
• 理论得联系实际。
  Theory and practice should go hand in hand.
• 我实际并不知道。
  I actually never knew that.
• 实际上没有那么难。
  It's actually not that difficult.
• 你实际上想说什幺？
  What do you really want to say?
• 实际上，我非常无聊。
  Actually, it was pretty boring.

Words starting with 实际

• 实际上shí jì shàngin fact; in reality; as a matter of fact
• 实际性shí jì xìngpracticality
• 实际应用shí jì yìng yòngpractical application
• 实际情况shí jì qíng kuàngactual circumstances; the real situation; reality
• 实际控制人shí jì kòng zhì rén(corporations law) actual controller
• 实际控制线Shí jì Kòng zhì xiànLine of Actual Control (LAC), separating Indian-controlled territory from…
• 实际参数shí jì cān shù(computing) actual parameter; argument

Words containing 实际

• 不切实际bù qiè shí jìunrealistic; impractical
• 切合实际qiè hé shí jìpractical; corresponding to reality; geared to practical situations
• 不切合实际bù qiè hé shí jìimpractical; not conforming to reality

Sounds the same

Read shí jì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 食季eclipse season

Where 实际 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Formal register words (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shí jì correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.