其实

qíshí

actually; in fact; really

adverb HSK 3.0 · Band 3 trad. 其實

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

其实这个问题很简单。

Actually this question is simple.

他好像不高兴,其实很高兴。

He seems unhappy but is actually quite happy.