Chinese word

刻意

Pronunciation

Pinyinkè yì

Meaning

  • adverbdeliberately

Example

他刻意忽视我的建议。tā kè yì hū shì wǒ de jiàn yì

He deliberately ignored my advice.

Illustration for 刻意 (deliberately)

More examples

他刻意掩饰紧张，表面很镇定。tā kè yì yǎn shì jǐn zhāng biǎo miàn hěn zhèn dìng

He deliberately conceals his nervousness and appears calm on the surface.

Core concept

A person consciously steers an action toward a chosen purpose.

Common phrases

  • 刻意忽视kè yì hū shì

    deliberately ignore

  • 刻意掩饰kè yì yǎn shì

    deliberately conceal

  • 刻意营造kè yì yíng zào

    deliberately create

Similar words

故意gù yì: Purposely taking an action with a definite intention.
特意tè yì: Going out of one's way to do something for a specific purpose.

Definition in Chinese

有计划、有意图地去做某事，强调行为由主观意图推动而非无心之举的副词。yǒu jì huà yǒu yì tú dì qù zuò mǒu shì qiáng diào xíng wéi yóu zhǔ guān yì tú tuī dòng ér fēi wú xīn zhī jǔ de fù cí

Word origin

刻意 (kèyì, "deliberately") joins 刻 (kè, "to carve") with 意 (yì, "intention"), presenting a purpose as something firmly marked into the action.

Usage tips

  • The word fits both careful choices and unwanted behavior, so its tone comes from the surrounding situation rather than from the adverb alone.

Opposites

Related words

  • 刻意性kè yì xìngdeliberatenessnoun

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