確乎

Chinese

		authenticated; solid; firm authenticated; solid; firm; real; true	(interrog. part.)
trad. (確乎)		確	乎
simp. (确乎)		确	乎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quèhū, quèhu

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄏㄨ, ㄑㄩㄝˋ ˙ㄏㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kok³ fu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quèhū
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄏㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuèhu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüeh⁴-hu¹
    • Yale: chywè-hū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuehhu
    • Palladius: цюэху (cjuexu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹ xu⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quèhu
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝˋ ˙ㄏㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuèhů
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüeh⁴-hu⁵
    • Yale: chywè-hu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiueh.hu
    • Palladius: цюэху (cjuexu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹ xu¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kok³ fu⁴
    • Yale: kok fùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kok⁸ fu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kog³ fu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɔːk̚³ fuː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: khaewk hu

Rime
Character	確	乎
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	江 (10)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	苦角切	戸吳切
Baxter	khaewk	hu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠʌk̚/	/ɦuo/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰᵚɔk̚/	/ɦuo/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɔk̚/	/ɣo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰaɨwk̚/	/ɦɔ/
Li Rong	/kʰɔk̚/	/ɣo/
Wang Li	/kʰɔk̚/	/ɣu/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰɔk̚/	/ɣuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	que	hú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hok3	wu4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʰˤrawk  ɢˤa/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰroːwɢ  ɢaː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	確	乎	乎
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	què	hū	hū
Middle Chinese	‹ khæwk ›	‹ hu ›	‹ hu ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʰˁrawk/	/*ɢˁa/	/*ɢˁa/
English	solid, firm	(Q particle)	in, at
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	確	乎
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	5100	5189
Phonetic component	寉	乎
Rime group	藥	魚
Rime subdivision	3	0
Corresponding MC rime	㱿	胡
Old Chinese	/*kʰroːwɢ/	/*ɢaː/

Adverb

確乎

1. indeed; really

Synonyms

• 坐實／坐实 (zuòshí)
• 實在／实在
• 當真／当真
• 的確／的确 (díquè)
• 的而且確／的而且确 (dik¹ ji⁴ ce² kok³) (Cantonese)
• 真正 (zhēnzhèng)
• 真真 (zhēnzhēn)
• 確實／确实 (quèshí)
• 著實／着实 (zhuóshí)
• 誠然／诚然 (chéngrán) (literary)

 

Adjective

確乎

1. (literary) firm; solid