| 副 actually; in fact; as a matter of fact: |
| | 其实情况不是那样。 Actually, that is not the case. |
| | 还要讨论？ 其实没有这个必要。 Why have another discussion? I don't think there's any need for it. |
| | 何必大家掏钱？ 其实让我做东得了。 Why go Dutch? Let me play the host. |
| | 这台机器看起来复杂，其实不难掌握。 This machine looks complicated, but it's really not difficult to operate. |
| | 你们只知道她会说英语，其实她的日语也挺好。 You only know that she speaks English. As a matter of fact, her Japanese is pretty good too. |
