Usage of the character 刻

(loanword) kitsch, in a sense that originates in the writing of Milan Kundera: getting emotional about sth due to the influence of social conditioning

kèxiě

刻写

[刻寫]

to inscribe

kèbǎn

刻板

[刻板]

stiff
inflexible
mechanical
stubborn
to cut blocks for printing

kèhén

刻痕

[刻痕]

notch

shíkè

时刻

[時刻]

time
juncture
moment
period of time
CL:個／个 (gè),段 (duàn)
constantly
always

míngkè

铭刻

[銘刻]

a carved inscription

kèqī

刻期

[刻期]

variant of 克期 (kèqī)

yákè

崖刻

[崖刻]

rock carving
cliff engraving
words carved into cliff face

bēikè

碑刻

[碑刻]

inscription on stone tablet

juānkè

镌刻

[鐫刻]

to engrave

diāokè

雕刻

[雕刻]

to carve
to engrave
carving

kèhuà

刻画

[刻畫]

to portray

shēnkè

深刻

[深刻]

profound
deep
deep-going

kègǔ

刻骨

[刻骨]

ingrained
entrenched
deep-rooted

cǐkè

此刻

[此刻]

this moment
now
at present

gǔkè

骨刻

[骨刻]

carving in bone

kèsī

刻丝

[刻絲]

variant of 緙絲／缂丝 (kèsī)

jíkè

即刻

[即刻]

immediately
instant
instantly

lòukè

镂刻

[鏤刻]

to carve
to engrave

fùkè

复刻

[復刻]

to reprint (a work that has been out of print)
to reissue (a vinyl album as a CD, etc)
to replicate
to recreate
(computing) fork (loanword)

kèbǎn

刻版

[刻版]

engraved blocks (for printing)

bǎnkè

版刻

[版刻]

carving
engraving

kèběn

刻本

[刻本]

block printed edition

jiānkè

尖刻

[尖刻]

caustic
biting
piquant
acerbic
vitriolic
acrimonious

qǐngkè

顷刻

[頃刻]

instantly
in no time

kèlùjī

刻录机

[刻錄機]

disk burner

diāokèpǐn

雕刻品

[雕刻品]

sculpture

guāngkèjī

光刻机

[光刻機]

photolithography machine

qǐngkèjiān

顷刻间

[頃刻間]

in an instant

shíkèbiǎo

时刻表

[時刻表]

timetable
schedule

guāngkèjiāo

光刻胶

[光刻膠]

photoresist (laser etching used in microelectronics)

diāokèjiā

雕刻家

[雕刻家]

sculptor

kèdùpán

刻度盘

[刻度盤]

dial (e.g. of a radio etc)

kèkǔxuéxí

刻苦学习

[刻苦學習]

to study hard
assiduous

kègǔmíngxīn

刻骨铭心

[刻骨銘心]

lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom)
fig. etched in one's memory
unforgettable

cǐshícǐkè

此时此刻

[此時此刻]

at this very moment

yīshíbànkè

一时半刻

[一時半刻]

a short time; a little while

kèzhōuqiújiàn

刻舟求剑

[刻舟求劍]

lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances

kèbóguǎ'ēn

刻薄寡恩

[刻薄寡恩]

harsh and merciless (idiom)

kèkǔnǔlì

刻苦努力

[刻苦努力]

assiduous
taking great pains

jiānsuānkèbó

尖酸刻薄

[尖酸刻薄]

sharp and unkind (words)

kèhúlèiwù

刻鹄类鹜

[刻鵠類鶩]

to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom)
to fail utterly in trying to copy something
to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result

shíkèzhǔnbèi

时刻准备

[時刻準備]

ready at any moment

kègǔxiāngsī

刻骨相思

[刻骨相思]

deep-seated lovesickness (idiom)

diāochóngzhuànkè

雕虫篆刻

[雕蟲篆刻]

literary trifles
minor skill

kèyìqiúgōng

刻意求工

[刻意求工]

assiduous and painstaking

xuéxíkèkǔ

学习刻苦

[學習刻苦]

to study hard
assiduous

shíshíkèkè

时时刻刻

[時時刻刻]

at all times

kèbǎnyìnxiàng

刻板印象

[刻板印象]

stereotype

yīkè-qiānjīn

一刻千金

[一刻千金]

(idiom) time is gold; every minute is precious

měishíměikè

每时每刻

[每時每刻]

at all times
at every moment

jīngdiāo-xìkè

精雕细刻

[精雕細刻]

lit. fine sculpting (idiom)
fig. to work (at sth) with extreme care and precision

wúshí-wúkè

无时无刻

[無時無刻]

(idiom) (when followed by 不 (bù)) at no time; never (Note: 無時無刻不／无时无刻不 (wushi-wukébù) therefore means "at no time not ...", i.e. "at all times".)
(when not followed by 不 (bù)) at all times; always

kèyìwéizhī

刻意为之

[刻意為之]