事实上

事實上

shìshíshàng

adverb HSK 3 #602

Meanings

HSK 1

事实上，他说的是对的。

Shìshíshàng, tā shuō de shì duì de.

In fact, what he said is correct.

HSK 2

大家都以为他忘了这件事，事实上他一直记得。

Dàjiā dōu yǐwéi tā wàng le zhè jiàn shì, shìshíshàng tā yìzhí jìde.

Everyone thought he'd forgotten this; in fact he remembered it all along.

HSK 3

看起来简单，事实上很难。

Kànqǐlái jiǎndān, shìshíshàng hěn nán.

It looks simple, but in fact it's very hard.

grammar

事实上 is usually placed at the beginning of a sentence or clause to introduce a contrasting fact.

事 shì

实 shí

上 shàng