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Talking Chinese English Dictionary

Talking Chinese<->English dictionary with pinyin, English definition, pronunciation, variants, stroke animation, stroke order image, and sample sentences.
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IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
1 ke4quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals
2刻苦 刻苦 ke4 ku3hardworking; assiduous
3刻度 刻度 ke4 du4marked scale; graduated scale
4刻画 刻畫 huàke4 hua4to portray
5刻苦耐劳 刻苦耐勞 nài láoke4 ku3 nai4 lao2to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering; hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity
6刻舟求剑 刻舟求劍 zhōu qiú jiànke4 zhou1 qiu2 jian4lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances
7刻苦努力 刻苦努力 ke4 ku3 nu3 li4assiduous; taking great pains
8刻苦学习 刻苦學習 xué ke4 ku3 xue2 xi2to study hard; assiduous
9刻苦钻研 刻苦鑽研 zuān yánke4 ku3 zuan1 yan2to study diligently
10刻录 刻錄 ke4 lu4to record on a CD or DVD; to burn a disc
11刻录机 刻錄機 ke4 lu4 ji1disk burner
12刻期 刻期 ke4 qi1variant of 克期
13刻奇 刻奇 ke4 qi2(loanword) kitsch, in a sense that originates in the writing of Milan Kundera: getting emotional about sth due to the influence of social conditioning
14刻日 刻日 ke4 ri4variant of 克日
15刻丝 刻絲 ke4 si1variant of 缂丝
16刻写 刻寫 xiěke4 xie3to inscribe
17刻意 刻意 ke4 yi4meticulous; painstaking; deliberate
18刻意求工 刻意求工 qiú gōngke4 yi4 qiu2 gong1assiduous and painstaking
19刻意为之 刻意為之 wéi zhīke4 yi4 wei2 zhi1to make a conscious effort; to do something deliberately
20刻印 刻印 yìnke4 yin4to engrave a seal; stamp mark; to print with carved type; to leave a deep impression
21刻度盘 刻度盤 pánke4 du4 pan2dial (e.g. of a radio etc)
22刻版 刻版 bǎnke4 ban3stiff; inflexible; mechanical; stubborn; to cut blocks for printing; engraved blocks (for printing)
23刻板印象 刻板印象 bǎn yìn xiàngke4 ban3 yin4 xiang4stereotype
24刻本 刻本 běnke4 ben3block printed edition
25刻剥 刻剝 ke4 bo1to grab money; to exploit

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