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刻板

kè bǎn

2-character word

What 刻板 means

1. stiff
2. inflexible
3. mechanical
4. stubborn
5. to cut blocks for printing

The characters in 刻板

• 刻kèquarter (hour); moment; to carve
• 板bǎnboard; plank; plate

Example sentences

• 警察总吃甜甜圈是一种刻板印象。
  Jǐngchá zǒng chī tiántiánquān shì yī zhǒng kèbǎn yìnxiàng.
  It is a stereotype that police officers always eat doughnuts.
• 反串秀者的舞台魅力使观众不禁重新审视自己的刻板印象。
  The stage charisma of drag performers compels audiences to reconsider their own stereotypes.
• 这部电影试图打破刻板印象，重新诠释何谓真正的男性特质。
  This film attempts to break stereotypes and redefine what true masculinity is.

Words starting with 刻板

• 刻板印象kè bǎn yìn xiàngstereotype

Sounds the same

Read kè bǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 刻版engraved blocks (for printing)