Actually with 其实

Structure 其实 + what really happens

其实 (qíshí) means "actually, in fact" and usually introduces a point that corrects an impression: 看起来很难，其实很简单 = "it looks hard, but it’s actually easy". It goes at the start of the sentence or after the subject. It clarifies the real situation.

Examples

其qí实shí我wǒ不bù喜xǐ欢huan咖kā啡fēi。
Actually, I don’t like coffee.
看kàn起qǐ来lái很hěn难nán，其qí实shí很hěn简jiǎn单dān。
It looks hard, but it’s actually easy.
其qí实shí他tā是shì对duì的de。
Actually, he’s right.

Levels are indicative: they follow the standard Chinese Grammar Wiki (AllSet Learning) progression, not an official HSK 3.0 mapping. We never assign levels by eye.

This point and the other 370, with audio on every example, inside Wanyu.