PK

See also: pk, pK, .pk, and p.K.

Translingual

Etymology 1

Symbol

PK

1. (metrology) Symbol for petakelvin, an SI unit of thermodynamic temperature equal to 10¹⁵ kelvins.

Etymology 2

Symbol

PK

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Pakistan.

   Synonym: PAK (alpha-3)

English

Noun

PK (countable and uncountable, plural PKs)

1. (US) Initialism of preacher's kid, pastor's kid, or priest's kid: the child of a clergyman and/or clergywoman, especially Protestant.

   Synonym: child of the manse

   Hypernyms: child, kid, offspring < person

   • 1906, Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education, Religious Education

     The traditional community image of the pk (preacher's kid) and the social control function of gossip in relation to the minister's wife underline the interlocking nature […]

   • 1998, Dr. H. Beecher Hicks, Jr., My Soul's Been Anchored: A Preacher's Heritage in the Faith:

     I was a typical PK (preacher's kid), full of mischief, full of life and insatiable curiosity.

   • 2005, Warren L. Braun, Was It a Miracle?:

     And after all, I was a PK (preacher's kid) and no one wanted to play with a PK in any case! It might be catching, like the measles!

3. (parapsychology) Initialism of psychokinesis.
   • 1977, Stanley Krippner, Psychokinesis, page 95:

     The question here is: were the extrachance scores due to the subject's precognition of the next target, or rather to his PK acting upon the electron flow and thus determining the target?

5. (computing, databases) Initialism of primary key.

   Coordinate term: FK

6. (video games, roleplaying games) Initialism of player kill(er/ing).
7. (American football) Initialism of placekicker.
8. (US, soccer) Initialism of penalty kick.
9. (ice hockey) Initialism of penalty kill(ing).
11. (biochemistry) Initialism of protein kinase.
12. (pharmacology) Initialism of pharmacokinetics.

    Alternative form: PKs

14. (informal, pharmacology) Initialism of painkiller.
    • 1999 January 4, Kelly Potts, “Re: genetic traits”, in alt.native‎^[1] (Usenet):

      I know a guy who had surgery done and he is now addicted to the PKs. I had a problem with a popular recreational substance about ten years ago and I'm realy not looking forward to counting that coup again. As it is now, I have a pile of PKs that the doc. gave me. I don't use them unless I can't even sit up.

    • 2017, Sean Avery, Offside: My Life Crossing the Line, [Toronto]: Viking Press, →ISBN, page unknown:

      But between the Toradol, Sudafed, Adderall, Vicodin, Percocet, and other PKs (painkillers), you didn't really need to buy street drugs. You could find the right state of mind right in the trainer's room.

16. (medicine) Initialism of penetrating keratoplasty.

Derived terms

• (player kill): PKer

Anagrams

• KP

Chinese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English PK.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pīkèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧ ㄎㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pi¹ kei¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹phi-ke

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: PK
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ ㄎㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pikèi
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi¹-kʻei⁴
    • Yale: pī-kèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pikey
    • Palladius: пикэй (pikɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵ kʰeɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pi¹ kei¹
    • Yale: pī kēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pi¹ kei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pi¹ kéi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiː⁵⁵ kʰei̯⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹phi-ke
    • MiniDict: phi^平 ke
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹phi-ke
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰi⁵⁵ ke²¹/

Noun

PK

1. (slang) player killing (player-versus-player conflict in MMORPGs and MUDs)

Verb

PK

1. (slang) to challenge; to compete with; to take somebody on as a rival; to compare the merits of two things

Etymology 2

Initialism of 仆街 (puk1 gaai1, “bitch; jerk, etc.”).

Pronunciation 1

• Cantonese (Jyutping): puk¹ gaai¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: puk¹ gaai¹
    • Yale: pūk gāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: puk⁷ gaai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pug¹ gai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰʊk̚⁵ kaːi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

PK

1. (Cantonese, vulgar) synonym of 仆街 (Classifier: 個／个 c; 條／条 c)

Verb

P⫽K (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese, vulgar) synonym of 仆街

Adjective

PK

1. (Cantonese, vulgar) synonym of 仆街

Interjection

PK

1. (Cantonese, vulgar) synonym of 仆街

Pronunciation 2

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pi¹ kei¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pi¹ kei¹
    • Yale: pī kēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pi¹ kei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pi¹ kéi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiː⁵⁵ kʰei̯⁵⁵/

Noun

PK

1. (Cantonese, euphemistic) synonym of 仆街 (Classifier: 個／个 c; 條／条 c)

Verb

P⫽K (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese, euphemistic) synonym of 仆街

Adjective

PK

1. (Cantonese, euphemistic) synonym of 仆街

Interjection

PK

1. (Cantonese, euphemistic) synonym of 仆街

German

Noun

PK f (genitive PK, plural PKs)

1. abbreviation of Pressekonferenz

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ka/

Noun

PK (countable and uncountable, plural PK-PK)

1. (military) initialism of prajurit karier
2. (law) initialism of peninjauan kembali
3. (management) initialism of perjanjian kinerja
4. (education) initialism of praktik kependidikan (“educational practice”)
5. (medicine) initialism of patologi klinik (“clinical pathology”)
6. (chemistry, healthcare) initialism of permanganas kalium (“potassium permanganate”)
7. (mechanical engineering) initialism of Dutch paardenkracht (“horsepower”)

Further reading

• “PK”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Japanese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English penalty kick.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʲiːke̞ː]
• (Tokyo) ピーケー [pìíkéꜜè] (Nakadaka – [3])

Noun

PK(ピーケー) • (pīkē) 

1. (soccer) penalty kick

   Synonym: ペナルティーキック (penarutī kikku)

Derived terms

• PK戦

Etymology 2

From English psychokinesis.

Noun

PK(ピーケー) • (pīkē) 

1. synonym of サイコキネシス (saikokinesisu, “psychokinesis”)

Korean

Etymology

From McCune-Reischauer Romanization initials of Pusan and Kyŏngnam.

Proper noun

PK • (pikei) (hangeul 피케이)

1. Busan–Gyeongnam; Busan and South Gyeongsang

Synonyms

• 부경 (釜慶, bugyeong)

Swedish

Alternative forms

• pk

Adjective

PK (comparative mer PK, superlative mest PK, indeclinable)

1. initialism of politiskt korrekt (“politically correct”); PC

   Jag är så less på PK-media!

   I'm so tired of politically correct media!

See also

• woke

Noun

PK c

1. initialism of presskonferens (“press conference”)

Declension

Declension of PK

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	PK	PK:s
	definite	PK:n	PK:ns
plural	indefinite	PK:ar	PK:ars
	definite	PK:arna	PK:arnas

Tagalog

Etymology

Initialism of pang-alis kati (literally “itch remover”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pi kej/ [pɪ x̠eɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -ej

Noun

PK (LGBTQ slang, dated)

1. one-shot affair

Further reading

• Reyes, Jose Javier (October 1977), “Swardspeak: A Preliminary Study.”, in Pintig Isip 1, volume 1, number 2, Manila, Philippines: Behavioral Sciences, De La Salle University, pages 60–85