| 刻 | [ kè ] quarter (hour), moment, to carve, to engrave, to cut, oppressive, classifier for short time intervals |
| 刻不容緩 | [ kè bù róng huǎn ] to brook no delay, to demand immediate action |
| 刻剝 | [ kè bō ] to grab money, to exploit |
| 刻印 | [ kè yìn ] to engrave a seal, stamp mark, to print with carved type, to leave a deep impression |
| 刻奇 | [ kè qí ] (loanword) kitsch, in a sense that originates in the writing of Milan Kundera: getting emotional about sth due to the influence of social conditioning |
| 刻寫 | [ kè xiě ] to inscribe |
| 刻度 | [ kè dù ] marked scale, graduated scale |
| 刻度盤 | [ kè dù pán ] dial (e.g. of a radio etc) |
| 刻意 | [ kè yì ] meticulous, painstaking, deliberate |
| 刻意求工 | [ kè yì qiú gōng ] assiduous and painstaking |
| 刻意為之 | [ kè yì weí zhī ] to make a conscious effort, to do something deliberately |
| 刻日 | [ kè rì ] variant of 克日[ke4 ri4] |
| 刻期 | [ kè qī ] variant of 克期[ke4 qi1] |
| 刻本 | [ kè běn ] block printed edition |
| 刻板 | [ kè bǎn ] stiff, inflexible, mechanical, stubborn, to cut blocks for printing |
| 刻板印象 | [ kè bǎn yìn xiàng ] stereotype |
| 刻毒 | [ kè dú ] spiteful, venomous |
| 刻版 | [ kè bǎn ] engraved blocks (for printing) |
| 刻畫 | [ kè huà ] to portray |
| 刻痕 | [ kè hén ] notch |
| 刻絲 | [ kè sī ] variant of 緙絲|缂丝[ke4 si1] |
| 刻舟求劍 | [ kè zhoū qiú jiàn ] lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances |
| 刻苦 | [ kè kǔ ] hardworking, assiduous |
| 刻苦努力 | [ kè kǔ nǔ lì ] assiduous, taking great pains |
| 刻苦學習 | [ kè kǔ xué xí ] to study hard, assiduous |
| 刻苦耐勞 | [ kè kǔ naì laó ] to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering, hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity |
| 刻苦鑽研 | [ kè kǔ zuān yán ] to study diligently |
| 刻薄 | [ kè bó ] unkind, harsh, cutting, mean, acrimony, to embezzle by making illegal deductions |
| 刻薄寡恩 | [ kè bó guǎ ēn ] harsh and merciless (idiom) |
| 刻錄 | [ kè lù ] to record on a CD or DVD, to burn a disc |
| 刻錄機 | [ kè lù jī ] disk burner |
| 刻骨 | [ kè gǔ ] ingrained, entrenched, deep-rooted |
| 刻骨相思 | [ kè gǔ xiāng sī ] deep-seated lovesickness (idiom) |
| 刻骨銘心 | [ kè gǔ míng xīn ] lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom), fig. etched in one's memory, unforgettable |
| 刻鵠類鶩 | [ kè hú leì wù ] to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom), to fail utterly in trying to copy something, to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result |
| ⇒ 一刻千金 | [ yī kè qiān jīn ] time is gold, every minute counts |
| ⇒ 一時半刻 | [ yī shí bàn kè ] a short time, a little while |
| ⇒ 二刻拍案驚奇 | [ èr kè paī àn jīng qí ] Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part II), second of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Ling2 Meng2 chu1] |
| ⇒ 光刻 | [ guāng kè ] photolithography |
| ⇒ 光刻膠 | [ guāng kè ] photoresist (laser etching used in microelectronics) |
| ⇒ 初刻拍案驚奇 | [ chū kè paī àn jīng qí ] Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Ling2 Meng2 chu1] |
| ⇒ 勤奮刻苦 | [ qín fèn kè kǔ ] diligent, assiduous |
| ⇒ 即刻 | [ jí kè ] immediately, instant, instantly |
| ⇒ 學習刻苦 | [ xué xí kè kǔ ] to study hard, assiduous |
| ⇒ 少刻 | [ shaǒ kè ] a short while, soon |
| ⇒ 尖刻 | [ jiān kè ] caustic, biting, piquant, acerbic, vitriolic, acrimonious |
| ⇒ 尖酸刻薄 | [ jiān suān kè bó ] sharp and unkind (words) |
| ⇒ 崖刻 | [ yá kè ] rock carving, cliff engraving, words carved into cliff face |
| ⇒ 復刻 | [ fù kè ] to reprint (a work that has been out of print), to reissue (a vinyl album as a CD, etc), to replicate, to recreate, (computing) fork (loanword) |
| ⇒ 敦刻爾克 | [ dūn kè ěr kè ] Dunkirk, port in northern France |
| ⇒ 時刻 | [ shí kè ] time, juncture, moment, period of time, CL:個|个[ge4],段[duan4], constantly, always |
| ⇒ 時刻準備 | [ shí kè zhǔn beì ] ready at any moment |
| ⇒ 時刻表 | [ shí kè ] timetable, schedule |
| ⇒ 時時刻刻 | [ shí shí kè kè ] at all times |
| ⇒ 時時刻刻 | [ shí shí kè kè ] at all times |
| ⇒ 木刻 | [ mù kè ] woodcut |
| ⇒ 此刻 | [ cǐ kè ] this moment, now, at present |
| ⇒ 此時此刻 | [ cǐ shí cǐ kè ] at this very moment |
| ⇒ 每時每刻 | [ meǐ shí meǐ kè ] at all times, at every moment |
| ⇒ 深刻 | [ shēn kè ] profound, deep, deep-going |
| ⇒ 無時無刻 | [ wú shí wú kè ] all the time, incessantly |
| ⇒ 片刻 | [ piàn kè ] short period of time, a moment |
| ⇒ 版刻 | [ bǎn kè ] carving, engraving |
| ⇒ 石刻 | [ shí kè ] stone inscription, carved stone |
| ⇒ 碑刻 | [ beī kè ] inscription on stone tablet |
| ⇒ 立刻 | [ lì kè ] forthwith, immediate, prompt, promptly, straightway, thereupon, at once |
| ⇒ 篆刻 | [ zhuàn kè ] to carve a seal, a seal |
| ⇒ 精雕細刻 | [ jīng xì kè ] lit. fine sculpting (idiom); fig. to work with extreme care and precision |
| ⇒ 苛刻 | [ kē kè ] harsh, severe, demanding |
| ⇒ 蝕刻 | [ shí kè ] to etch, engraving |
| ⇒ 複刻 | [ fù kè ] variant of 復刻|复刻[fu4 ke4] |
| ⇒ 銘刻 | [ míng kè ] a carved inscription |
| ⇒ 銘心刻骨 | [ míng xīn kè gǔ ] engraved in one's heart and carved in one's bones (idiom); to remember a benefactor as long as one lives, undying gratitude |
| ⇒ 鏤刻 | [ loù kè ] to carve, to engrave |
| ⇒ 鐫刻 | [ juān kè ] to engrave |
| ⇒ 雕刻 | [ kè ] to carve, to engrave, carving |
| ⇒ 雕刻品 | [ kè pǐn ] sculpture |
| ⇒ 雕刻家 | [ kè jiā ] sculptor |
| ⇒ 雕蟲篆刻 | [ chóng zhuàn kè ] literary trifles, minor skill |
| ⇒ 頃刻 | [ qǐng kè ] instantly, in no time |
| ⇒ 頃刻間 | [ qǐng kè jiān ] in an instant |
| ⇒ 骨刻 | [ gǔ kè ] carving in bone |
