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事实上

shì shí shàng 4–2–4

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

HSK level
HSK 3
HSK 3.0 level 3
Characters
3
事 · 实 · 上
Syllables
3
shì shí shàng
Frequency
Common
corpus count 1,577

Part of speech: l

Character by character

  • 事shì8 strokesHSK 1affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
  • 实shí8 strokesHSK 2 traditional 實real, true; honest, sincere
  • 上shàng3 strokesHSK 1top; superior, highest; go up, send up

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Example sentences

  • 事实上。

    Shì shí shàng

    Actually.

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Words with the same characters

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

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