刻薄

Traditional form:

刻薄

Pinyin (reading):

kèbó

Definitions:

• unkind
• harsh
• cutting
• mean
• acrimony
• to embezzle by making illegal deductions

Characters:

• 刻 - to carve, to engrave; a quarter hour; a moment
• 薄 - thin, slight; meager, weak; poor, stingy

Traditional characters:

• 刻 - to carve, to engrave; a quarter hour; a moment
• 薄 - thin, slight; meager, weak; poor, stingy