HSK 5 · Adjectives

深刻 shēnkè “profound” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 深刻 means

  1. profound
  2. deep
  3. deep-going

How to say 深刻

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale深shēn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale刻kè4th tone, falling

深刻 in a sentence

  1. 我对你们的工作印象深刻。

    Wǒ duì nǐmen de gōngzuò yìnxiàng shēnkè.

    I’m very impressed by your work.

    Sentence #679447 from Tatoeba

  2. 你说的话给我留下了很深刻的印象。

    Nǐ shuō de huà gěi wǒ liúxià le hěn shēnkè de yìnxiàng.

    What you said left a deep impression on me.

    Sentence #801953 from Tatoeba

  3. 今天你们俩很让人印象深刻。我为你们感到骄傲。

    Jīntiān nǐmen liǎ hěn ràng rén yìnxiàng shēnkè. Wǒ wèi nǐmen gǎndào jiāo'ào.

    You’ve both been very impressive today. I’m proud of you.

    Sentence #335323 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 深刻 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 深 (shēn) with each of its parts in a different colour
深shēndeep
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐ
  • 罙deep
The character 刻 (kè) with each of its parts in a different colour
刻kèquarter
  • 亥part of the characterSound part
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāoMeaning part

How to write 深刻

深 11 strokes · 刻 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 深刻

Words with 深

深shēn · deep深奥shēn'ào · profound深沉shēnchén · deep资深zīshēn · senior博大精深bódàjīngshēn · broad and profound (of knowledge or culture)根深蒂固gēnshēndìgù · deep-rooted深情厚谊shēnqínghòuyì · deep friendship

Words with 刻

刻kè · quarter hour立刻lìkè · immediately时刻shíkè · time刻苦kèkǔ · hardworking片刻piànkè · a moment雕刻diāokè · to carve刻不容缓kèbùrónghuǎn · extremely urgent

More words: Adjectives

热烈rèliè · enthusiastic弱ruò · weak傻shǎ · foolish善良shànliáng · good and honest神秘shénmì · mysterious生动shēngdòng · vivid时髦shímáo · in vogue实用shíyòng · practical

FAQs

深刻 (shēnkè) means “profound” or “deep”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it shēnkè: shēn with a 1st tone, then kè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 深刻 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shenke with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 深刻 from the suggestions. Typing shenke into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
深刻 is an HSK 5 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.