刻

Quarter (hour) in Chinese: 刻 (kè)

kè

quarter (hour)

HSK 32 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1quarter (hour)
  2. 2moment
  3. 3to carve
  4. 4to engrave
  5. 5to cut
  6. 6oppressive
  7. 7classifier for short time intervals

Stroke order

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刻

Zhuyin

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ㄎㄜˋ

kè

ㄎ/ kㄜ/ eˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 请即刻停止。

    qǐng jí kè tíng zhǐ。

    Please stop that right now.

  • 一刻也不浪费。

    yí kè yě bú làng fèi。

    There's not a moment to waste.

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Related words

刻苦

kè kǔ

hardworking

立刻

lì kè

forthwith

深刻

shēn kè

profound

时刻

shí kè

time

此刻

cǐ kè

this moment

雕刻

diāo kè

to carve

苛刻

kē kè

harsh

刻意

kè yì

intentionally

刻舟求剑

kè zhōu qiú jiàn

lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom)

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