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深刻

shēn kè

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

深刻 (shēn kè) means "profound; deep (impression, understanding)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 深刻 means

1. profound
2. deep
3. deep-going

The characters in 深刻

• 深shēn(lit. and fig.) deep
• 刻kèquarter (hour); moment; to carve

Example sentences

• 您使我印象深刻。
  You have left a heavy impression on me.
• 我对她有很深刻的印象。
  Wǒ duì tā yǒu hěn shēnkè de yìnxiàng.
  I find her very impressive.
• 我对那天的印象很深刻。
  That day left a deep impression on me.
• 我对你们的工作印象深刻。
  I'm very impressed by your work.
• 你的履历给我留下深刻的印象。
  Nǐ de lǚlì gěi wǒ liúxià shēnkè de yìnxiàng.
  Your résumé has really impressed me.
• 她的作品给我留下了深刻印象。
  I was impressed with her work.

Where 深刻 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Depth, Identity & Form (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shēn kè correctly.
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