苛刻

Chinese

		severe; exacting	quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive
trad. (苛刻)		苛	刻
simp. #(苛刻)		苛	刻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kēkè

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ ㄎㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho¹ hak¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kho͘-khiak / kho-khek

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ko¹ kêg⁴

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹khu-kheq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kēkè
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ ㄎㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kekè
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo¹-kʻo⁴
    • Yale: kē-kè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kekeh
    • Palladius: кэкэ (kɛkɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho¹ hak¹
    • Yale: hō hāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho¹ hak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho¹ heg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː⁵⁵ hɐk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kho͘-khiak
    • Tâi-lô: khoo-khiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qo'qiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ³³ kʰiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kho-khek
    • Tâi-lô: kho-khik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoi'qeg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰo⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiɪk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ko¹ kêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kho khek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰo³³⁻²³ kʰek̚²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹khu-kheq
    • MiniDict: khu^平 kheh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khu-kheq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰu⁵⁵ kʰəʔ²¹/

Adjective

苛刻

1. harsh; demanding

Synonyms

• 刻薄 (kèbó)
• 尖刻 (jiānkè) (chiefly of remarks)
• 尖酸 (jiānsuān) (chiefly of remarks)
• 損／损 (sǔn) (colloquial, chiefly of remarks)

 

Korean

Hanja in this term
苛	刻

Noun

苛刻 • (gagak) (hangeul 가각)

1. Hanja form^? of 가각 (“Root of 가각하다 (gagakhada, “苛刻하다”). Rarely used alone.”).