刻薄

Chinese

		quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive	thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint
trad. (刻薄)		刻	薄
simp. ^#(刻薄)		刻	薄

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kèbó

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄅㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ bok⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khek-po̍k / khiak-po̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kèbó
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄅㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kèbó
  - Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴-po²
  - Yale: kè-bwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kehbor
  - Palladius: кэбо (kɛbo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hak¹ bok⁶
  - Yale: hāk bohk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ bok⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ bog⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ pɔːk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khek-po̍k
  - Tâi-lô: khik-po̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qekpok
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ pɔk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ pɔk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiak-po̍k
  - Tâi-lô: khiak-po̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qiakpok
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ pɔk̚²⁴/

Adjective

刻薄

mean; unkind

Synonyms

尖刻 (jiānkè) (chiefly of remarks)
尖酸 (jiānsuān) (chiefly of remarks)
損 / 损 (sǔn) (colloquial, chiefly of remarks)
苛刻 (kēkè) (demanding)

Derived terms

尖酸刻薄 (jiānsuānkèbó)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
刻	薄
こく Grade: 6	はく Grade: S
on'yomi	kan'on

For pronunciation and definitions of 刻薄 – see the following entry.

【酷薄こくはく】

[adjective] [from 1439] cruel, inhumane, callous

[noun] [from 1439] cruelty, inhumaneness, callousness

(This term, 刻薄, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)