刻意

Chinese

		quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (刻意)		刻	意
alternative forms		剋意／克意

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kèyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ ji³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiak-ì / khek-ì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kèyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kèyì
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴-i⁴
    • Yale: kè-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kehyih
    • Palladius: кэи (kɛi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hak¹ ji³
    • Yale: hāk yi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ ji³
    • Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ yi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ jiː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiak-ì
    • Tâi-lô: khiak-ì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiak'ix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ i⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khek-ì
    • Tâi-lô: khik-ì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qek'ix
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ i¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ i²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ i²¹/

Adverb

刻意

1. painstakingly; sedulously
2. intentionally; deliberately; purposely

Synonyms

• (deliberately):

• 刁工 (Hokkien)
• 刁意故 (Hokkien)
• 刁故意 (Hokkien)
• 利邊／利边 (ni⁴ bian¹) (Sichuanese)
• 存心 (cúnxīn)
• 專／专 (Teochew)
• 專愛／专爱 (Teochew)
• 專登／专登 (zyun¹ dang¹) (Cantonese)
• 專門／专门 (Cantonese, Hakka, Jin)
• 成心 (chéngxīn)
• 故意 (gùyì)
• 有心 (yǒuxīn)
• 有意 (yǒuyì)
• 特事 (tet⁷ si) (Gan)
• 特為／特为 (⁸deq-we) (Wu)
• 特登 (dak⁶ dang¹) (Cantonese)
• 罷是／罢是 (ba⁵ shr⁵) (Xiang)
• 迭為／迭为 (⁸diq-we) (Wu)

 

Verb

刻意

1. to be painstaking; to be meticulous about; to sedulously strive