克 (hak1) — vanquish; conquer; subdue in Cantonese

hakˉ¹克

Mandarin Pinyin: ke4

Meaning of 克

nounvanquish; conquer; subdue

nouncan; be able to

noundigest

noungram; gramme

nounrestrain; control; suppress

noun(noun) (of color) Alterative of Black in Chinese

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Example Sentences with 克

他用哈姆立克急救法救了我一命。

He saved my life using the Heimlich Maneuver.

boˉ¹波laaiˉ¹拉dakˍ₆特haiˍ₆係go˗₃個haaˉ¹哈saat˗₃薩hakˉ¹克siˉ¹斯taanˊ²坦jan4;人；keoiˏ₅佢mˎ₄唔haiˍ₆係meiˏ₅美gwok˗₃國janˎ₄人aa˗₃呀

Borat is from Kazakhstan; he is not an American.

jau5si4有zing6hai6時giu˗₃淨taan2hak1係叫坦克

Sometimes it's shortened to "tank".

坦克車係一架有履帶嘅戰鬥車

A tank is a war machine with caterpillar tracks.

ngoˏ₅我zungˉ¹鍾ji˗₃意zyuˉ¹朱guˊ²古lik6.力。

I like chocolate.

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Words Containing 克

捷克共和國zit6 hak1 gung6 wo4 gwok3

kilogram, the SI unit of mass | Note: This term is somewhat more "textbookish" than the more casual '公斤'

薩克斯管saat3 hak1 si1 gun2

(semi-loanword) saxophone | Cant.: 色士風

馬克思maa5 hak1 si1

Marx; Karl Marx

烏茲別克wu1 zi1 bit6 hak1

Uzbekistan

休克jau1 hak1

(medical) shock; to go into shock

坦克車taan2 hak1 ce1

tank (armored vehicle)

克服hak1 fuk6

(try to) overcome (hardships); to surmount (the difficulties)

bring bad luck and misfortune upon one\'s husband

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