刻鏤

Chinese

		quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive	engrave; hard steel
trad. (刻鏤)		刻	鏤
simp. (刻镂)		刻	镂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kèlòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ lau⁶, haak¹ lau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kèlòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kèlòu
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴-lou⁴
    • Yale: kè-lòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kehlow
    • Palladius: кэлоу (kɛlou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ loʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hak¹ lau⁶, haak¹ lau⁶
    • Yale: hāk lauh, hāak lauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ lau⁶, haak⁷ lau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ leo⁶, hag¹ leo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ lɐu̯²²/, /haːk̚⁵ lɐu̯²²/

Verb

刻鏤

1. to carve; to engrave
2. (figuratively) to make a lasting impression; to etch