刻

Meaning(verb, vocab.word.pos.qt)

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

Telling time: 一刻 = 15 min, 三刻 = 45 min (use 半, not 两刻).

Examples

• 现在是三点一刻。

  xiàn zài shì sān diǎn yí kè.

  It's a quarter past three.

• 他在木头上刻了自己的名字。

  tā zài mù tou shàng kè le zì jǐ de míng zì.

  He carved his name into the wood.

• 那一刻，我非常感动。

  nà yí kè, wǒ fēi cháng gǎn dòng.

  At that moment, I was deeply moved.

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