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刻薄
kèbó
1. unkind
2. harsh
3. cutting
4. mean
5. acrimony
6. to embezzle by making illegal deductions
Common • Top 9%

Character Breakdown

刻
kè
to carve, to engrave; a quarter hour; a moment
HSK 3 8 丶
薄
báo
thin, slight; meager, weak; poor, stingy
HSK 5 16 丶

Compound Words (2)

刻薄寡恩
kèbóguǎēn
harsh and merciless (idiom)
尖酸刻薄
jiānsuānkèbó
sharp and unkind (words)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
7,880 of 84,292