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刻意

刻意

Chinese

		quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; (abbr.) Italy
simp. and trad. (刻意)		刻	意

Adverb

刻意

painstakingly, sedulously

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): kèyì

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄧˋ
Min Nan (POJ): khiak-ì / khek-ì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: kèyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kehyih
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiak-ì
  - Tâi-lô: khiak-ì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qiak'ix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ i⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khek-ì
  - Tâi-lô: khik-ì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qek'ix
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ i¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ i²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ i²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ i²¹/