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刻

kè

carve, engrave; quarter hour

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Strokes
8
Radical
刀
HSK
2
Tone
4

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 现在是八点一刻。

    Xiàn zài shì bā diǎn yī kè

    It's a quarter past eight.

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  • 你最好立刻回家。

    Nǐ zuì hǎo lì kè huí jiā

    You'd better go home at once.

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  • 他们没有立刻行动。

    Tā men méi yǒu lì kè xíng dòng

    They didn't act quickly.

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  • 医生立刻就到了。

    Yī shēng lì kè jiù dào le

    The doctor came immediately.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 刻

  • 刻kè 4quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals
  • 时刻shí kè 2–4 time; juncture; moment; period of time; constantly; always
  • 立刻lì kè 4–4 forthwith; immediate; prompt; promptly; straightway; thereupon; at once
  • 深刻shēn kè 1–4 profound; deep; deep-going
  • 此刻cǐ kè 3–4 this moment; now; at present
  • 刻苦kè kǔ 4–3 hardworking; assiduous
  • 片刻piàn kè 4–4 short period of time; a moment
  • 雕刻diāo kè 1–4 to carve; to engrave; carving
  • 刻不容缓kè bù róng huǎn 4–4–2–3to brook no delay; to demand immediate action
  • 刻意kè yì 4–4 intentionally; deliberately; purposely; painstakingly; meticulously
  • 苛刻kē kè 1–4 harsh; severe; demanding
  • 刻舟求剑kè zhōu qiú jiàn 4–1–2–4lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances