现实 xiànshí▶ realidad

Stroke order

现实 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

• 现 — 8 strokes
• 实 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. reality; actuality
2. real; actual
3. realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested

Related words

• 事实Hecho
• 体现reflejar
• 实习Prácticas, pasantía
• 实现realización
• 实用Práctico
• 实话La verdad

现实 is pronounced xiànshí and means “realidad”. You will meet it in HSK 5, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 现实 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.