酷
kù
Pinyin

Definition

酷
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kù
  1. ruthless
  2. strong (e.g. of wine)
  3. (loanword) cool
  4. hip

Character Decomposition

Related Words (18)

残酷
cán kù
  1. 1 cruel
  2. 2 cruelty
酷
kù
  1. 1 ruthless
  2. 2 strong (e.g. of wine)
  3. 3 (loanword) cool
  4. 4 hip
优酷
Yōu kù
  1. 1 Youku (website)
冷酷
lěng kù
  1. 1 grim
  2. 2 unfeeling
  3. 3 callous
冷酷无情
lěng kù wú qíng
  1. 1 cold-hearted
  2. 2 unfeeling
  3. 3 callous

Idioms (1)

残酷无情
cán kù wú qíng
  1. 1 cruel and unfeeling (idiom)

Sample Sentences

那个小孩儿骑在小老虎身上。太酷了！
nà gè xiǎoháir qí zài xiǎo lǎohǔ shēnshàng 。tài kù le ！
That kid is riding on a tiger's back! It's so cool!
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酷什么！多危险啊！动物园不应该弄这种东西。
kù shénme ！duō wēixiǎn a ！dòngwùyuán bù yīnggāi nòng zhèzhǒng dōngxi 。
Cool?! That's so dangerous! The zoo shouldn't do this kind of thing.
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你怎么对我这么酷。
nǐ zěnme duì wǒ zhème kù 。
How could you be so cold to me.
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哇喔，很酷啊。
wā ō ，hěn kù ā 。
Wow, that's so cool.
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还有一种不能承受的难，不是别人给的，是自己不得不面对的一个残酷现实---你的孩子不是那个天之骄子。
háiyǒu yīzhǒng bùnéng chéngshòu de nán ，búshi biéren gěi de ，shì zìjǐ bùdébù miànduì de yīgē cánkù xiànshí - - - nǐ de háizi búshi nàge tiānzhījiāozhǐ 。
There is another intolerable difficulty, it is not from others, but a cruel reality you have to face: Your child is not the chosen one.
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别人都是迷恋酷炫的大制作大场面，你的口味很小众呀。
biéren dōu shì míliàn kùxuàn de dà zhìzuò dà chǎngmiàn ，nǐ de kǒuwèi hěn xiǎozhòng ya 。
Others are obsessed with cool big productions but you’ve got very niche taste.
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那我建议你去购物中心，在那里你可以找到很酷的牛仔裤。
nà wǒ jiànyì nǐ qù gòuwùzhōngxīn ，zài nàli nǐ kěyǐ zhǎodào hěn kù de niúzǎikù 。
In that case, I suggest you go to a mall. There you can find a pair of cool jeans.
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当初我也是觉得很酷才来应征的，但是仔细想想，书店开二十四小时有什么意义？谁半夜来看书啊。
dāngchū wǒ yě shì juéde hěn kù cái lái yīngzhēng de ，dànshì zǐxì xiǎngxiang ，shūdiàn kāi èrshísì xiǎoshí yǒu shénme yìyì ？shéi bànyè lái kàn shū ā 。
I thought it was cool and that's one of the reasons I first applied, but thinking about it, what's the point of having a bookstore open twenty-four hours? Who comes to read in the middle of the night.
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咳，银幕上扮酷，银幕后搞基。不看不看。
hài ，yínmù shàng bànkù ，yínmù hòu gǎojī 。bù kàn bù kàn 。
Ha, on screen they act all tough, but off screen they're a little too buddy buddy... if you know what I mean. I'm not going to watch it.
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哎，这辆自行车是谁的？真酷！
āi ，zhè liàng zìxíngchē shì shéi de ？zhēn kù ！
Hey, whose bike is this? It's so cool!
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