HSK 6 · Adjectives

确切 quèqiè “exact” in Chinese

Traditional 確切

What 确切 means

  1. exact
  2. precise
  3. definite

How to say 确切

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale确què4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale切qiè4th tone, falling

确切 in a sentence

  1. 我不确定确切的日期。

    Wǒ bú quèdìng quèqiè de rìqī.

    I’m not sure of the exact date.

    Sentence #2040472 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我想知道确切的时间。

    Wǒ xiǎng zhīdao quèqiè de shíjiān.

    I’d like to know the exact time.

    Sentence #801388 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 确切地说，现在三点了。

    Quèqiè de shuō, xiànzài sān diǎn le.

    To be precise, it’s three o’clock now.

    Sentence #782338 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 确切 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 确 (què) with each of its parts in a different colour
确quèauthenticated
  • 石stone · shíMeaning part
  • 角horn · jiǎoSound part

石 hints at the meaning (stone); 角 (jiǎo) hints at the sound. Compare it with què.

The character 切 (qiè) with each of its parts in a different colour
切qièdefinitely; absolutely
  • 七seven · qīSound part
  • 刀knife · dāoMeaning part

刀 hints at the meaning (knife); 七 (qī) hints at the sound. Compare it with qiè.

How to write 确切

确 12 strokes · 切 4 strokes

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确切 (quèqiè) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 确切 (quèqiè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 确切

Words with 确

正确zhèngquè · correct准确zhǔnquè · accurate确实quèshí · indeed明确míngquè · clear确定quèdìng · to confirm确认quèrèn · to confirm的确díquè · really确信quèxìn · to be convinced确保quèbǎo · to ensure确立quèlì · to establish

Words with 切

一切yíqiè · everything切qiē · to cut密切mìqiè · close迫切pòqiè · urgent亲切qīnqiè · amiable恳切kěnqiè · earnest切实qièshí · practical急切jíqiè · eager

More words: Adjectives

勤劳qínláo · hardworking亲密qīnmì · intimate亲热qīnrè · affectionate齐全qíquán · complete曲折qūzhé · winding热门rèmén · popular仁慈réncí · kind人工réngōng · man-made

FAQs

确切 (quèqiè) means “exact” or “precise”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it quèqiè: què with a 4th tone, then qiè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 确切 is written 確切. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type queqie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 确切 from the suggestions. Typing queqie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
确切 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.