què

variant of 確|确[que4]

variant of 埆[que4]; authenticated; solid; firm; real; true

stone (石) + phonetic (角) = firm and certain

Stone is the image here: something solid, immovable, beyond doubt. 角 mainly contributes the sound què and does not add meaning.

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这件事的情况还没有定。

zhè jiàn shì de qíng kuàng hái méi yǒu què dìng。

The situation regarding this matter has not yet been confirmed.

你要保每一步都做对了。

nǐ yào què bǎo měi yī bù dōu zuò duì le。

You need to make sure every step is done correctly.

Words with 确

上确界

shàng què jiè

supremum (math.)

下确界

xià què jiè

(math.) infimum; greatest lower bound

不准确

bù zhǔn què

imprecise

不明确

bù míng què

indefinite

不正确

bù zhèng què

incorrect

不确定性原理

bù què dìng xìng yuán lǐ

Heisenberg's uncertainty principle (1927)

不确实

bù què shí

untrue

千真万确

qiān zhēn wàn què

absolutely true (idiom)

小确幸

xiǎo què xìng

sth small that one can find pleasure in (e.g. a cold beer after a hard day or a serendipitous find in a second-hand store)

政治正确

zhèng zhì zhèng què

political correctness

明确

míng què

clear-cut; definite; explicit

正确

zhèng què

correct; sound; right; proper

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