bǎn

common
technical
idiom

Meaning of 刻板

刻板 means to engrave or etch a printing plate; rigid; inflexible; mechanical; formulaic. Pronounced kè bǎn.

  • to engrave or etch a printing plate
  • rigid; inflexible; mechanical; formulaic

Definitions & Examples

dài
de
shū
hěn
duō
dōu
shì
xiān
bǎn
zài
yìn
shuā
de
 

Many ancient books were printed by first engraving a plate.

Zhè
zhǒng
diāo
bǎn
yìn
shuā
shù
yào
gāo
de
bǎn
gōng
 

This woodblock printing technique requires extremely skilled plate engraving.