Truly in Chinese
truly · HSK 4
实在
- 实 real
- 在 to be at
今天实在太热了。 It's really too hot today.
Other ways to say truly
More words with 实 or 在
How do you say truly in Chinese?
Truly in Chinese is 实在 (shí zài). You can also say 真 (zhēn), 的 (dí), 真正 (zhēn zhèng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.