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Chinese dictionary
- 1
measure wordquarter (of an hour)
我需要两刻钟的时间。
I need two quarters of time.
现在是差一刻三点。
It's a quarter to three now.
这只表每刻钟报时一次。
The clock strikes the quarters.
- 2
adj.profound; in the highest degree
刻苦
hardworking
深刻
deep
- 3
n.moment; time
顷刻
instantly
即刻
immediately
片刻
a moment
- 4
v.carve; engrave; cut; imprint
她对刻碑文很感兴趣。
She is interested in carving inscriptions.
他在桌子上刻字。
He engraves characters on the table.
我喜欢刻图章。
I like engraving seals.
- 5
adj.unkind; harsh
尖刻
acrimonious
Words and phrases with 刻
- 刻图[word]engraving
- 刻本[word]block-printed edition
- 刻期[word]set a date; #$
- 刻度量筒[word]graduated cylinder
- 刻丝[word]now written as 缂丝
- 刻书[word]publish books by block printing
- 刻具[word]graver
- 刻画[word]depict; engrave or draw
- 刻记[word]cut; remember strongly
- 刻骨铭心[idiom]be remembered with deep gratitude
- 刻苦钻研[idiom]study assiduously
- 刻苦耐劳[idiom]industriousness and stamina
- 刻画入微[idiom]describe even to the trifling point
- 刻意求工[idiom]be scrupulous in one's workmanship
- 刻不容缓[idiom]of great urgency
- 刻薄寡恩[idiom]be harsh and ungenerous to one's followers
- 刻骨仇恨[idiom]feel irreconcilable hatred towards...
- 刻骨相思[idiom]carve on the bones and think of each other