普確信

See also: 普确信

Chinese

		general; popular; everywhere general; popular; everywhere; universal	to firmly believe; to be certain; definite news to firmly believe; to be certain; definite news; reliable information
trad. (普確信)		普	確信
simp. (普确信)		普	确信
alternative forms		普卻信／普却信 普且信 普自信

Etymology

Term coined by the stand-up comedian Yang Li (杨笠) in her punchline "How can he be so average, yet so full of confidence?"

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pǔquèxìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˇ ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄣˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pǔquèxìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˇ ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pǔcyuèsìn
    • Wade–Giles: pʻu³-chʻüeh⁴-hsin⁴
    • Yale: pǔ-chywè-syìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: puuchiuehshinn
    • Palladius: пуцюэсинь (pucjuesinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕin⁵¹/

Noun

普確信

1. (of a person, potentially sarcastic) ordinary but self-assured [2021–]

Further reading

• “你“普确信”吗？ [Are you Puquexin?]”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), (Can we date this quote?)