Discussion of 刻意 [kè yì] painstakingly, sedulously; mean (to do)

Discussion of 刻意

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刻意, 有意 and 故意:

1. 刻意 describes one's level of effort in carrying out a specific action.
2. 有意 can be a verb too, while the other two, 刻意 and 故意 are not verbs.
3. When 故意 and 有意 are adverbs, they both mean "deliberately” and they are synonyms. When 故意 and 有意 are used in this way, they are used to describe undesirable actions.

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