实际上

in fact in Mandarin

The mandarin vocabulary 实际上 can also mean in reality, as a matter of fact, and in practice

Mnemomic to remember the meaning

You can remember the meaning of 实际上 with this easy mnemonic:

We don't really (实) have a physical border (际) between the U.S and Mexico, do we? Yes we do, in fact, its been up (上) and running for a long while now.

Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like can have an enormous impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

实际上 is composed of these characters

These characters also appear in these words

Mnemomic to remember the reading

The reading of 实际上 is shí jì shang.

You can remember how to say 实际上 with this useful mnemonic:

My sister works there, and she (shí) has to inspect jeeps (jì) and RVs every day for signs (shang) of illegal contraband.

Using mnemonics to remember the reading of Chinese vocabulary like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

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Learning vocabulary like in fact and the rest of the Mandarin written language can take as little as one year, or as long as a lifetime. Our Mandarin language learners find that using helpful mnemonics can aid retention of Chinese Mandarin vocabulary and characters.

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