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剋

kēi

subdue, overcome; cut down

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Strokes
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Radical
刀
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Tone
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Other readings: kè

Simplified form: 克

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Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 克, the simplified form of 剋. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 麦克，你听到了没？

    Mài kè nǐ tīng dào le méi

    Did you hear that, Mike?

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  • 我叫他麦克。

    Wǒ jiào tā mài kè

    I call him Mike.

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  • 我们用了一整天打扑克。

    Wǒ men yòng le yī zhěng tiān dǎ pū kè

    We played poker the entire day.

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  • 我会买巧克力。

    Wǒ huì mǎi qiǎo kè lì

    I will buy chocolate.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 克

  • 克kè 4to be able to; to subdue; to restrain; to overcome; gram; Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares
  • 千克qiān kè 1–4 kilogram
  • 克服kè fú 4–2 (try to) overcome (hardships etc); to conquer; to put up with; to endure
  • 巧克力qiǎo kè lì 3–4–4chocolate (loanword)
  • 麦克风mài kè fēng 4–4–1microphone (loanword)
  • 攻克gōng kè 1–4 to capture; to take; to overcome; to solve
  • 坦克tǎn kè 3–4 tank (military vehicle) (loanword)
  • 克隆kè lóng 4–2 clone (loanword)
  • 克制kè zhì 4–4 to restrain; to control; restraint; self-control
  • 休克xiū kè 1–4 shock (loanword); to go into shock
  • 扑克pū kè 1–4 poker (game) (loanword); playing cards