kè

Definitions

  1. 1. quarter (hour)
  2. 2. moment
  3. 3. to carve
  4. 4. to engrave
  5. 5. to cut
  6. 6. oppressive
  7. 7. classifier for short time intervals

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Example Sentences

他的戒指上刻着他和妻子的名字。

Tā de jièzhi shàng kèzhe tā hé qīzi de míngzi.

His ring was engraved with his and his wife's names.

现在是十二点一刻。

Xiànzài shì shí'èr diǎn yí kè.

It is 12:15 right now.

在他求婚的那一刻,她哭了。

Zài tā qiúhūn de nà yí kè, tā kū le.

The moment he proposed, she cried.