"刻" Chinese-English Dictionary
Le caractère 刻
刻
- Radical
- 刀 (2 traits)
- Number of strokes
- 8
- Structure
- gauche et droite
- HSK
- HSK 3
- Cangjie
- YOLN 卜人中弓
- Sijiao
- 0280.0
- Wubi
- YNTJ
- GB 2312
- BFCC
- Big5
- A8E8
- Unicode
- U+523B
Decomposition Practice Sheet Dictionary of examples Synonyms
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 刻 | quarter (hour) / moment / to carve / to engrave / to cut / oppressive / classifier for short time intervals | syn |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 刻意 | intentionally / deliberately / purposely / painstakingly / meticulously | syn | |
| 刻录 刻錄 | to record on a CD or DVD / to burn a disc | ||
| 刻苦 | hardworking / assiduous | syn | |
| 刻画 刻畫 | to portray | syn | |
| 刻薄 | unkind / harsh / cutting / mean / acrimony / to embezzle by making illegal deductions | syn | |
| 刻度 | marked scale / graduated scale | ||
| 刻板 | stiff / inflexible / mechanical / stubborn / to cut blocks for printing | syn | |
| 刻骨 | ingrained / entrenched / deep-rooted | syn | |
| 刻印 | to engrave a seal / stamp mark / to print with carved type / to leave a deep impression | ||
| 刻本 | block printed edition | ||
| 刻写 刻寫 | to inscribe | ||
| 刻痕 | notch | ||
| 刻毒 | spiteful / venomous | syn | |
| 刻版 | engraved blocks (for printing) | ||
| 刻剥 刻剝 | to grab money / to exploit | ||
| 刻奇 | (loanword) kitsch, in a sense that originates in the writing of Milan Kundera: getting emotional about sth due to the influence of social conditioning | ||
| 刻期 | variant of 克期[ke4 qi1] | ||
| 刻日 | variant of 克日[ke4 ri4] | ||
| 刻丝 刻絲 | variant of 緙絲|缂丝[ke4 si1] | ||
| 刻录机 刻錄機 | disk burner | ||
| 刻度盘 刻度盤 | dial (e.g. of a radio etc) | ||
| 刻骨铭心 刻骨銘心 | lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom) / fig. etched in one's memory / unforgettable | syn | |
| 刻不容缓 刻不容緩 | to brook no delay / to demand immediate action | syn | |
| 刻苦学习 刻苦學習 | to study hard / assiduous | ||
| 刻舟求剑 刻舟求劍 | lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom) / fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances | syn | |
| 刻骨相思 | deep-seated lovesickness (idiom) | ||
| 刻鹄类鹜 刻鵠類鶩 | to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom) / to fail utterly in trying to copy something / to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result | ||
| 刻苦耐劳 刻苦耐勞 | to bear hardships and work hard (idiom) / assiduous and long-suffering / hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity | syn | |
| 刻意求工 | assiduous and painstaking | ||
| 刻板印象 | stereotype | ||
| 刻薄寡恩 | harsh and merciless (idiom) | ||
| 刻苦努力 | assiduous / taking great pains | ||
| 刻苦钻研 刻苦鑽研 | to study diligently | ||
| 刻意为之 刻意為之 | to make a conscious effort / to do something deliberately |