in fact · in reality · as a matter of fact · in practice

shí jì shàng

sh+í·2nd tonej+ì·4th tonesh+àng·4th tone

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The "man" that you saw is actually a woman.

实际上你看到那个男人是女的。

What do you really want to say?

你实际上想说什么？

Actually, I was wrong.

实际上我错了。

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

然后助手还给每人1美金，每个人实际上只付了9美金。

Actually, it was pretty boring.

实际上，我非常无聊。

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