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尖刻

jiān kè

2-character word

What 尖刻 means

1. caustic
2. biting
3. piquant
4. acerbic
5. vitriolic
6. acrimonious

The characters in 尖刻

• 尖jiānpointed; tapering; sharp; (of a sound) shrill; piercing…
• 刻kèquarter (hour); moment; to carve

Example sentences

• 他尖刻的话语仍然在我心中挥之不去。
  Tā jiānkè dehuà yǔ réngrán zài wǒ xīnzhōng huīzhībùqù.
  His bitter words still rankle in my mind.

Sounds the same

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

• 兼课to teach classes in addition to other duties; to hold several teaching jobs