Dictionary/刻

刻

刻 kè

ㄎㄜˋ
MHSK 2TOCFL L3core 10k
1quarter (hour)
2moment
3to carve
4to engrave
5to cut
6oppressive
7classifier for short time intervals

Characters

刻

Examples

xiàn zài现在shì是bā八diǎn点yí一kè刻。
现在是八点一刻。
It's a quarter past eight.
我们九点上课，可是他九点一刻才来。
We start class at nine o'clock, but he didn’t come until quarter past.
它发生在十一点一刻。
It happened at a quarter past eleven.

In the story library

春运的火车L4刻舟求剑L5胡同与四合院L5渔童L5先秦寓言原文选读L6

More words starting with 刻

刻苦kèkǔ刻意kèyì刻舟求剑kèzhōu-qiújiàn刻画kèhuà刻薄kèbó刻本kèběn刻印kèyìn刻度kèdù

See also: words & characters pronounced kè