现实 xiànshí▶ thực tế

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Sự thật; Thực tế
• 体现Phản ánh, suy nghĩ
• 实习Thực tập
• 实现Sự nhận ra, sự thực hiện
• 实用Thực tế, thiết thực
• 实话Sự thật

现实 is pronounced xiànshí and means “thực tế”. 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.