頃刻

See also: 顷刻

Chinese

		100 mu; a short while ago; a 'ching' (unit of area) 100 mu; a short while ago; a 'ching' (unit of area); approx. (with dates); a short while	quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive
trad. (頃刻)		頃	刻
simp. (顷刻)		顷	刻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐngkè

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄎㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): king² hak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐngkè
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄎㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐngkè
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing³-kʻo⁴
    • Yale: chǐng-kè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiingkeh
    • Palladius: цинкэ (cinkɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɤ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 請客／请客 頃刻／顷刻

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: king² hak¹
    • Yale: kíng hāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: king² hak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: king² heg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɪŋ³⁵ hɐk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khjwiengX khok

Rime
Character	頃	刻
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	清 (122)	登 (131)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	去潁切	苦得切
Baxter	khjwiengX	khok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰwiᴇŋX/	/kʰək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷiɛŋX/	/kʰək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiuæŋX/	/kʰək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwiajŋX/	/kʰək̚/
Li Rong	/kʰiuɛŋX/	/kʰək̚/
Wang Li	/kʰĭwɛŋX/	/kʰək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰi̯wɛŋX/	/kʰək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiǒng	ke
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hing2	hak1

Noun

頃刻

1. moment; instant

Synonyms

• 一剎／一刹 (yīchà)
• 一剎那／一刹那 (yīchànà)
• 一會兒／一会儿
• 一目𥍉仔 (chi̍t-ba̍k-nih-á) (Hokkien)
• 一瞬間／一瞬间 (yīshùnjiān)
• 剎那／刹那
• 少刻 (shǎokè)
• 少時／少时
• 少頃／少顷 (shǎoqǐng)
• 時刻／时刻 (shíkè)
• 有頃／有顷 (yǒuqǐng) (literary)
• 漏 (lòu) (literary, or in compounds)
• 片刻 (piànkè)
• 瞬息 (shùnxī)
• 瞬間／瞬间 (shùnjiān)
• 霎時／霎时 (shàshí)
• 須／须 (xū) (literary, or in compounds)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (頃刻):

• → Japanese: 頃刻(けいこく) (keikoku); 頃刻(きょうこく) (kyōkoku)
• → Vietnamese: khoảnh khắc (頃刻)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
頃	刻

Noun

頃刻

1. chữ Hán form of khoảnh khắc (“short period of time; instant; moment”).