# 確實
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): quèshí
       (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄕˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): quo$^2$ si$^2$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kok$^3$ sat$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): khok-sṳ̍t
    (Hailu, HRS): kog shid$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): kog$^5$ sed$^6$
* Eastern Min (BUC): káuk-sĭk
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khak-si̍t
    (Teochew, Peng'im): kag$^4$ sig$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$chiuq-zeq; $^7$chioq-zeq
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ko$^6$ shr$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: quèshí
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄕˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cyuèshíh
*** Wade–Giles: chʻüeh$^4$-shih$^2$
*** Yale: chywè-shŕ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuehshyr
*** Palladius: цюэши (cjueši)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: quo$^2$ si$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kiuo s
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰyo²¹ sz̩²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kok$^3$ sat$^6$
*** Yale: kok saht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kok$^8$ sat$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kog$^3$ sed$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɔːk̚³ sɐt̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khok-sṳ̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: kog$^ˋ$ siid
*** Hagfa Pinyim: kog$^5$ sid$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰok̚² sɨt̚⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: kog shid$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰok⁵⁻² ʃit²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: kog$^5$ sed$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰɔk̚¹ sət̚⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: káuk-sĭk
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰouʔ²⁴⁻²¹ siʔ⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khak-si̍t
*** Tâi-lô: khak-si̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qaksit
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kʰak̚³²⁻⁴ sit̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰak̚⁵⁻²⁴ sit̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰak̚³²⁻⁵ sit̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰak̚³²⁻⁴ sit̚⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰak̚³²⁻⁴ sit̚⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: kag$^4$ sig$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khak si̍k
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰak̚²⁻⁴ sik̚⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$chiuq-zeq; $^7$chioq-zeq
*** MiniDict: chiuih$^入$ zeh; chioh$^入$ zeh
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$qyq-zeq; $^4$qioq-zeq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰyɪʔ³³ zəʔ⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕʰioʔ³³ zəʔ⁴⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: ko$^6$ shr$^6$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰo²⁴ ʂʐ̩²⁴/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /kʰo²⁴ sz̩²⁴/

### Adjective

確實
* certain; true; real

#### Synonyms

* 信 (literary, or in compounds)
* 實際 / 实际 (shíjì)
* 忠實 / 忠实 (zhōngshí)
* 正正 (Hokkien)
* 正聲 / 正声 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 真實 / 真实 (zhēnshí)
* 真正 (zhēnzhèng) (attributive)
* 確切 / 确切 (quèqiè)
* 確鑿 / 确凿 (quèzáo)

### Adverb

確實
* indeed; really
       Kànlái zhè ge wèntí wǒmen quèshí xūyào hǎohǎo fǎnsī yīxià. [Pinyin]
       It seems that we really need to reflect on this issue.

#### 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 (dik$^1$ ji$^4$ ce$^2$ kok$^3$) (Cantonese)
* 真正 (zhēnzhèng)
* 真真 (zhēnzhēn)
* 確乎 / 确乎
* 著實 / 着实 (zhuóshí)
* 誠然 / 诚然 (chéngrán) (literary)

### Interjection

確實
* (Internet slang) Indeed! (Possibly influenced by Japanese 確かに.)

### References

* “Entry #11300”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.