# 刻意 (kèyì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 刻意 (kèyì) means “deliberately; intentionally”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: deliberately; intentionally
- Pinyin: kèyì (ke4 yi4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他刻意避开了这个问题。
  Tā kèyì bìkāile zhège wèntí.
  He deliberately avoided this question.

## Characters

- [刻](https://hanziro.com/word/ke-quarter/) (kè): quarter (hour); moment
- 意 (yì): idea; thought; meaning; sense; intention; feeling; inclination; state of mind

https://hanziro.com/word/ke-yi-deliberately/

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