实际上 shí jì shàng — in fact/in reality/as a matter of fact/in practice

实际上
shí jì shàng

Characters: 实 · 际 · 上

Definitions

  1. in fact/in reality/as a matter of fact/in practice

More definitions

CC-CEDICT

  1. in fact
  2. in reality
  3. as a matter of fact
  4. in practice

ExtDict

  1. 其实（多含转折意）：他说听懂了，～并没有懂｜她看起来不过二十四五岁，～已经三十出头了。

Examples

  • 这个男孩实际上是要去做。

    The boy actually was going to do it.

  • 谁也说不准实际上将会发生什么事。

    What will actually happen is anyone's guess.

  • 然后助手还给每人1美金，每个人实际上只付了9美金。

    After the assistant returned $1 to each one, each man had actually paid only $9.