"기실" meaning in Korean

See 기실 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [kiɕʰiɭ] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: gisil [romanization], 其實 [hanja]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 其實, from 其 (“its”) + 實 (“truth”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|ko|其實}}, {{ko-etym-sino|其|its|實|truth}} Sino-Korean word from 其實, from 其 (“its”) + 實 (“truth”) Head templates: {{ko-adverb|hanja=其實}} 기실 • (gisil) (hanja 其實)
  1. (somewhat literary) actually; as a matter of fact; in fact Tags: literary Synonyms: 사실 (alt: 事實), 실(實)로
    Sense id: en-기실-ko-adv-MhMvsjxt Categories (other): Sino-Korean words, Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Sino-Korean words: 25 42 33 Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 51 49 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 51 49

Noun

IPA: [kiɕʰiɭ] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: gisil [romanization], 其實 [hanja]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 其實, from 其 (“its”) + 實 (“truth”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|ko|其實}}, {{ko-etym-sino|其|its|實|truth}} Sino-Korean word from 其實, from 其 (“its”) + 實 (“truth”) Head templates: {{ko-noun|hanja=其實}} 기실 • (gisil) (hanja 其實)
  1. (literary, chiefly before -은 (topic marker)) actual situation; reality Tags: literary Synonyms: 사실 (alt: 事實), (alt: )
    Sense id: en-기실-ko-noun-80lO1bQB Categories (other): Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 51 49 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 51 49

Inflected forms

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