刻 (w)

(kè) quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals

刻不容缓 (w)

(kèbùrónghuǎn) to brook no delay; to demand immediate action

刻印 (w)

(kèyìn) to engrave a seal; stamp mark; to print with carved type; to leave a deep impression

刻写 (w)

(kèxiě) inscribe

刻度 (w)

(kèdù) marked scale; graduated scale

刻度盘 (w)

(kèdùpán) dial (e.g. of a radio etc)

刻意 (w)

(kèyì) meticulous; painstaking; deliberate

刻意求工 (w)

(kèyìqiúgōng) assiduous and painstaking

刻意为之 (w)

(kèyìwéizhī) to make a conscious effort; to do something deliberately

刻本 (w)

(kèběn) block printed edition

刻板 (w)

(kèbǎn) stiff; inflexible; mechanical; stubborn; to cut blocks for printing

刻板印象 (w)

(kèbǎnyìnxiàng) stereotype

刻毒 (w)

(kèdú) spiteful; venomous

刻版 (w)

(kèbǎn) engraved blocks (for printing)

刻画 (w)

(kèhuà) to portray

刻痕 (w)

(kèhén) notch

刻舟求剑 (w)

(kèzhōuqiújiàn) 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 (w)

(kèkǔ) hardworking; assiduous

刻苦努力 (w)

(kèkǔnǔlì) assiduous; taking great pains

刻苦学习 (w)

(kèkǔxuéxí) to study hard; assiduous

刻苦耐劳 (w)

(kèkǔnàiláo) to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering; hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity

刻苦钻研 (w)

(kèkǔzuānyán) to study diligently

刻薄 (w)

(kèbó) unkind; harsh; cutting; mean; acrimony; to embezzle by making illegal deductions

刻录 (w)

(kèlù) to record on a CD or DVD; to burn a disc

刻录机 (w)

(kèlùjī) disk burner

刻骨 (w)

(kègǔ) ingrained; entrenched; deep-rooted; inveterate; virulent

刻骨相思 (w)

(kègǔxiāngsī) lit. one’s feelings carved into one’s bones; to care for sb very deeply (idiom)

刻骨铭心 (w)

(kègǔmíngxīn) lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom); fig. etched in one's memory; unforgettable