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此刻

cǐ kè

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

此刻 (cǐ kè) means "this moment; now; at present". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 此刻 means

1. this moment
2. now
3. at present

The characters in 此刻

• 此cǐthis; these
• 刻kèquarter (hour); moment; to carve

Example sentences

• 此刻我缺少现金。
  Cǐkè wǒ quēshǎo xiànjīn.
  I'm short of cash at the moment.
• 我此刻正忙着做饭。
  Wǒ cǐkè zhèng mángzhe zuòfàn.
  I am busy cooking at the moment.
• 此刻，你正在阅读并翻译这句。
  Cǐkè, nǐ zhèngzài yuèdú bìng fānyì zhè jù.
  At this very moment, you're reading and translating this.
• 此刻打盹，你将做梦；而此刻学习，你将圆梦。
  Cǐkè dǎdǔn, nǐ jiāng zuòmèng; ér cǐkè xuéxí, nǐ jiāng yuánmèng.
  This moment will nap, you will have a dream; But this moment study,you will interpret a dream.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read cǐ kè correctly.
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