一刻 meaning in English

yīkè

a quarter of an hour; 15 minutes; a moment; an instant

9 strokes

Meaning of 一刻

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yīkè
  1. a quarter of an hour; 15 minutes
  2. a moment; an instant

一刻 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

它tā发fā生shēng在zài十shí一yì点diǎn一yī刻kè。
It happened at a quarter past eleven.
现xiàn在zài是shì八bā点diǎn一yī刻kè。
It's a quarter past eight.
我wǒ们men终zhōng于yú见jiàn面miàn了le!我wǒ等děng这zhè一yī刻kè等děng了le好hǎo久jiǔ了le。
So, we finally meet! I've waited so long for this moment.
一yī刻kè也yě不bù浪làng费fèi。
There's not a moment to waste.
他tā到dào了le最zuì后hòu的de一yī刻kè才cái取qǔ消xiāo了le约yuē会huì。
He canceled the appointment at the last moment.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

一 yī · one · 1 strokes

  1. 1

刻 kè · quarter · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

Related words

Words that share a character with 一刻.

一起yīqǐ(in) the same place; together; in company (with)
一样yīyàngsame; like
一些yīxiēsome; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
一会儿yīhuìra moment; a while
一半yībànhalf
一边yībiānone side; either side
一点儿yīdiǎnrerhua variant of 一點|一点[yi1 dian3]
一块儿yīkuàirerhua variant of 一塊|一块[yi1 kuai4]
一下儿yīxiàrerhua form of 一下[yi1 xia4]
有一些yǒuyīxiēsomewhat; rather
一定yīdìngsurely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled
一直yīzhístraight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through

Questions about 一刻

What does 一刻 mean?

一刻 (yīkè) means "a quarter of an hour; 15 minutes; a moment; an instant".

How do you write 一刻?

一刻 is made of 2 characters: 一 (1 strokes), 刻 (8 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.