事实

Character by character

• 事shì8 strokesHSK 1affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
• 实shí8 strokesHSK 2 traditional 實real, true; honest, sincere

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 事实上。

  Shì shí shàng

  Actually.

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• 这是事实。

  Zhè shì shì shí

  It's the truth.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 事实. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 事shìHSK 1

  matter; thing; item; work; affair

• 事情shì qingHSK 2

  affair; matter; thing; business

• 其实qí shíHSK 3

  actually; in fact; really

• 故事gù shìHSK 2

  old practice

• 确实què shíHSK 3

  indeed; really; reliable; real; true

• 事件shì jiànHSK 3

  event; happening; incident

• 实现shí xiànHSK 2

  to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about

• 实际上shí jì shàngHSK 3

  in fact; in reality; as a matter of fact; in practice

• 现实xiàn shíHSK 3

  reality; actuality; real; actual; realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested

• 真实zhēn shíHSK 3

  true; real

• 事业shì yèHSK 3

  undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career; occupation

• 实在shí zàiHSK 2

  really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality

• 事故shì gùHSK 3

  accident

• 事实上shì shí shàngHSK 3

  in fact; in reality; actually; as a matter of fact; de facto; ipso facto

• 说实话shuō shí huàHSK 6

  to speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly

• 实验shí yànHSK 3

  experiment; test; experimental; to experiment

• 实际shí jìHSK 2

  reality; practice; practical; realistic; real; actual

• 同事tóng shìHSK 2

  colleague; co-worker

• 实力shí lìHSK 3

  strength

• 证实zhèng shíHSK 5

  to confirm (sth to be true); to verify

• 军事jūn shìHSK 6

  military affairs; (attributive) military

• 实施shí shīHSK 4

  to implement; to carry out

• 好事hǎo shìHSK 2

  good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead

• 实验室shí yàn shìHSK 3

  laboratory