实际 shíjì▶ Thực tế

Stroke order

实际 is written in 15 strokes across 2 characters.

• 实 — 8 strokes
• 际 — 7 strokes

Senses

1. reality
2. practice
3. practical
4. realistic
5. real
6. actual

Example sentences

• 实际情况比这复杂。Shíjì qíngkuàng bǐ zhè fùzá.The actual situation is more complicated than this.
• 他的想法不太实际。Tā de xiǎngfǎ bù tài shíjì.His idea is not very practical.

Related words

• 国际quốc tế
• 实在thực sự
• 确实Chính xác
• 诚实trung thực, thật thà
• 事实Sự thật; Thực tế
• 交际giao tiếp

实际 is pronounced shíjì and means “Thực tế”. It belongs to the HSK 4 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 实际 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.