khắc

Sino-Vietnamese word from 刻.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xak̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰak̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʰak̚˦˥]

khắc

1. (archaic) a unit of time equal to one-quarter of an hour; 15 minutes
2. (historical) a unit of time equal to one-sixth of the period from sunrise to sunset

   Coordinate term: canh

   • c. 1741–1798, Nguyễn Gia Thiều, 宮怨吟曲 [Cung oán ngâm khúc]‎^[1], lines 225–226:

     Ngày sáu khắc tin mong nhạn vắng,
     Đêm năm canh tiếng lắng chuông rền.

     The whole day went with no news,
     The whole night saw no sound but the bell, ringing slowly but loudly.

khắc

1. (transitive) to make something by carving

   khắc (con) dấu ― to carve a seal

2. (transitive) to carve something (onto the surface of something else)

   khắc tên lên/vào bia ― to carve someone's name on a gravestone

3. (intransitive, figurative) to be engraved in something

   Khoảnh khắc đó đã khắc sâu vào tâm trí tôi.

   That moment was deeply engraved in my memory.

khắc

1. eventually

   Cứ thử đi, khắc sẽ được

   Just try, you'll eventually succeed