HSK 3

其实 meaning in Chinese

qíshí

Without tone marks: qishi

actually, in fact, really

adverb

Traditional 其實

Example

汤姆的厨艺其实不那么糟糕。

tāngmǔ de chúyì qíshí bù nàme zāogāo.

Tom's cooking was actually not so bad.

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