其實

qíshí

A1 Level 3* ★ Core word
Adverb

其實 (qíshí) is a Chinese word meaning “actually; in fact; really”. It sits at TOCFL Level 3* (CEFR A1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. actually; in fact; really

Stroke order

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Example

看起來很難,其實很簡單。

It looks hard, but it's actually simple.

Related words at this level

Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).