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實際

简实际 · 繁實際

Mandarin · pinyin shí jì

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實: shí · real, true, solid, honest
際: Look up this written character
实: shí · real, true; honest, sincere
际: jì · border, boundary, juncture

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2–4 · shi2 ji4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sat6 zai3

Cantonese word readings for 實際. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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adj

actual; real; concrete
pragmatic; practical; realistic

noun

reality; practice

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