In fact she lied.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
事实上
in fact
IN A VIDEO事实上
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
in fact
02
in reality
03
actually
04
as a matter of fact
05
de facto
06
ipso facto
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 事实上 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 事实上 appears in 17 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
He is actually not the manager.
As a matter of fact, I do speak Spanish.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 事实上.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 事实上.
Directly before
- 但事实上1
- 水事实上1
- 只是事实上1
Directly after
- 事实上他1
- 事实上是1
- 事实上的1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 事实上
What does 事实上 mean in Chinese?
事实上 (shìshíshàng) means in fact.
How do you pronounce 事实上?
事实上 is pronounced shìshíshàng.
Is 事实上 an HSK word?
事实上 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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