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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kè | ke4
English translation
quarter (hour)
moment
to carve
to engrave
to cut
oppressive
classifier for short time intervals
to carve, to engrave; a quarter hour; a moment

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

dāo

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

knife

Etymology of

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

亥刂

Semantic compound

dāo

Phonetic compound

hài

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. dāo represents the meaning and hài represents the sound.

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hěn hǎo , jiāng wèi 作家 zuòjiā de 风格 fēnggé 确切 quèqiè de 刻画 kè huà chū lái le .

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sōu chuán 办好 bàn hǎo Gǎng 手续 shǒuxù 立刻 lìkè 启航 qǐ háng le .

The ship sailed as soon as it got clearance.

他们 tā men 一生 yī shēng 刻苦 kèkǔ 工作 gōngzuò , 浪费 làngfèi 一分一秒.

They worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment.

安东尼奥手持菜刀 cài dāo , 开始 kāishǐ 雕刻 diāokè 这块黄油 huáng yóu .

With a kitchen knife in his hand, Antonio began to cut and carve this butter.

qǐng shāo děng 片刻 piànkè . ” Cháo 下面 xià miàn jiào dào .

" Please wait for a minute,'she called down.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
时刻 shíkè time時刻
立刻 lìkè forthwith立刻 lìkè
深刻 shēnkè profound深刻 shēnkè
moment
此刻 cǐ kè now此刻 cǐ kè
片刻 piànkè a moment片刻 piànkè
刻意 kè yì meticulous刻意 kè yì
刻薄 kè bó unkind刻薄 kè bó
此时此刻 cǐ shí cǐ kè at this very moment此時此刻
苛刻 kē kè harsh苛刻 kē kè
即刻 jí kè immediately即刻 jí kè
刻苦 kèkǔ hardworking刻苦 kèkǔ
雕刻 diāokè to carve雕刻 diāokè
无时无刻 wú shí wú kè all the time無時無刻
时时刻刻 shí shí kè kè at all times時時刻刻
刻骨铭心 kè gǔ míng xīn unforgettable刻骨銘心
每时每刻 měi shí měi kè at all times每時每刻
刻画 kè huà to portray刻畫
刻不容缓 kèbùrónghuǎn to brook no delay刻不容緩
刻度 kè dù marked scale刻度 kè dù
刻板 kè bǎn stiff刻板 kè bǎn
石刻 shí kè carved stone石刻 shí kè
尖刻 jiān kè caustic尖刻 jiān kè
时刻表 shí kè biǎo timetable時刻表

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Decomposition

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