Meaning
real; true; honest; really; solid
Chinese: 真实、实际。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “shi” becomes a different word in each tone. 实 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 实现shí xiànto achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about
- 实在shí zàireally; actually; indeed; true
- 实际shí jìreality; practice; practical; realistic
- 实习shí xíto practice; field work; to intern; internship
- 其实qí shíactually; in fact; really
Example Sentence
他是个老实的人。Tā shì ge lǎo shi de rén.He is an honest person.
他Tāhe是shìis个ge(measure word)老实lǎo shihonest的deof人rénperson。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
A roof (宀) over goods filling the house: a home full of substance. It means ‘solid / real / true’. Simplified from 實.
A way to remember it
A house (宀) packed full — solid, real.
Easy to confuse with
- 室‘Room’: also a roof (宀), but over 至 (to arrive) — a room you come home to.