刻薄

Chinese

		quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive	thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint
trad. (刻薄)		刻	薄
simp. #(刻薄)		刻	薄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kèbó

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄅㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ bok⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khek-po̍k / khiak-po̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kèbó
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kèbó
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴-po²
    • Yale: kè-bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kehbor
    • Palladius: кэбо (kɛbo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hak¹ bok⁶
    • Yale: hāk bohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ bok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ bog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ pɔːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khek-po̍k
    • Tâi-lô: khik-po̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qekpok
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ pɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ pɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiak-po̍k
    • Tâi-lô: khiak-po̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiakpok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ pɔk̚²⁴/

Adjective

刻薄

1. mean; unkind

Synonyms

• 尖刻 (jiānkè) (chiefly of remarks)
• 尖酸 (jiānsuān) (chiefly of remarks)
• 損／损 (sǔn) (colloquial, chiefly of remarks)
• 苛刻 (kēkè) (demanding)

 

Derived terms

• 尖酸刻薄 (jiānsuānkèbó)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
刻	薄
こく Grade: 6	はく Grade: S
on’yomi	kan’on

For pronunciation and definitions of 刻薄 – see the following entry.

【酷薄こくはく】 [adjective] [from 1439] cruel, inhumane, callous [noun] [from 1439] cruelty, inhumaneness, callousness

(This term, 刻薄, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)