kè
刻 (kè) is a Chinese word meaning “quarter (hour); moment; to carve”.
Meanings
- 1quarter (hour)
- 2moment
- 3to carve
- 4to engrave
- 5to cut
- 6oppressive
- 7classifier for short time intervals
- Part of speech
- verb
Related words
时刻time立刻immediately; at once; right away深刻profound此刻this moment刻薄unkind片刻short period of time此时此刻at this very moment苛刻harsh; severe; demanding刻意intentionally; deliberately; purposely每时每刻at all times无时无刻(idiom) (when followed by 不[bu4]) at no time; never (Note: 無時無刻不|无时无刻不[wu2 shi2 wu2 ke4 bu4] therefore means "at no time not ...", i.e. "at all times".)即刻immediately