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刻板

kèbǎn

stiff

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

stiff

02

inflexible

03

mechanical

04

stubborn

05

to cut blocks for printing

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 刻板 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 刻板 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

警察总吃甜甜圈是一种刻板印象。jǐng chá zǒng chī tián tián quān shì yī zhǒng kè bǎn yìn xiàng。

It is a stereotype that police officers always eat doughnuts.

反串秀者的舞台魅力使观众不禁重新审视自己的刻板印象。fǎn chuàn xiù zhě de wǔ tái mèi lì shǐ guān zhòng bù jīn chóng xīn shěn shì zì jǐ de kè bǎn yìn xiàng。

The stage charisma of drag performers compels audiences to reconsider their own stereotypes.

这部电影试图打破刻板印象,重新诠释何谓真正的男性特质。zhè bù diàn yǐng shì tú dǎ pò kè bǎn yìn xiàng, chóng xīn quán shì hé wèi zhēn zhèng de nán xìng tè zhì。

This film attempts to break stereotypes and redefine what true masculinity is.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 刻板.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 刻板.

Directly before

  • 打破刻板2
  • 一种刻板1
  • 的刻板1

Directly after

  • 刻板印象4
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 刻板

What does 刻板 mean in Chinese?

刻板 (kèbǎn) means stiff.

How do you pronounce 刻板?

刻板 is pronounced kèbǎn.

Is 刻板 an HSK word?

刻板 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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