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深刻

Mandarin · pinyin shēn kè

Meanings

  1. profound
  2. deep
  3. deep-going
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深
shēn · deep; depth; far; very, extreme
刻
kè · carve, engrave; quarter hour
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1–4 · shen1 ke4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sam1 hak1

Cantonese word readings for 深刻. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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sam1 hak1

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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adj

  1. profound; deep
  2. (Classical) strict and harsh

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