HSK 6 · Adjectives

恳切 kěnqiè “earnest” in Chinese

Traditional 懇切

What 恳切 means

  1. earnest
  2. sincere

How to say 恳切

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale恳kěn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale切qiè4th tone, falling

恳切 in a sentence

  1. 尽管我恳切地要求，他们还是拒绝跟我说话。

    Jǐnguǎn wǒ kěnqiè de yāoqiú, tāmen háishi jùjué gēn wǒ shuōhuà.

    They refused to talk to me in spite of my earnest request.

    Sentence #1565720 from Tatoeba

How 恳切 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 恳 (kěn) with each of its parts in a different colour
恳kěnearnest
  • 艮stopping · gěnSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 艮 (gěn) hints at the sound. Compare it with kěn.

The character 切 (qiè) with each of its parts in a different colour
切qièdefinitely; absolutely
  • 七seven · qīSound part
  • 刀knife · dāoMeaning part

刀 hints at the meaning (knife); 七 (qī) hints at the sound. Compare it with qiè.

How to write 恳切

恳 10 strokes · 切 4 strokes

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恳切 (kěnqiè) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 恳切 (kěnqiè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 恳切

Words with 恳

诚恳chéngkěn · sincere

Words with 切

一切yíqiè · everything切qiē · to cut密切mìqiè · close迫切pòqiè · urgent亲切qīnqiè · amiable切实qièshí · practical确切quèqiè · exact急切jíqiè · eager

More words: Adjectives

开明kāimíng · enlightened慷慨kāngkǎi · generous刻不容缓kèbùrónghuǎn · extremely urgent可观kěguān · considerable可行kěxíng · feasible空洞kōngdòng · empty空前绝后kōngqiánjuéhòu · unprecedented and unrepeatable宽敞kuānchang · spacious

FAQs

恳切 (kěnqiè) means “earnest” or “sincere”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it kěnqiè: kěn with a 3rd tone, then qiè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 恳切 is written 懇切. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kenqie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 恳切 from the suggestions. Typing kenqie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
恳切 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.