刻

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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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