实际上

Traditional form:

實際上

Pinyin (reading):

shíjìshàng

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 实 - real, true; honest, sincere
• 际 - border, boundary, juncture
• 上 - above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous

Traditional characters:

• 實 - real, true; honest, sincere
• 際 - border, boundary, juncture
• 上 - above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous