PK

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

Translingual

Symbol

PK

1. The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for Pakistan.
2. (metrology) Symbol for petakelvin, an SI unit of thermodynamic temperature equal to 10¹⁵ kelvins.

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English

Noun

PK (countable and uncountable, plural PKs)

1. (parapsychology) psychokinesis
2. preacher's kid, pastor's kid, (usually Episcopalian) priest's kid — the child of a clergyman (and/or clergywoman), especially Protestant
   • 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. (video games, roleplaying games) player killer or player kill.
4. (computing, databases) primary key
5. (American football) placekicker
6. (US, soccer) penalty kick
7. (biochemistry) protein kinase

Synonyms

• (for preacher's kid) child of the manse

Derived terms

• (player kill): PKer

Anagrams

• KP

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Chinese

Etymology

Borrowed from English PK.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pīkèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧ ㄎㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pi¹ kei¹

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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/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 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

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Japanese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English penalty kick.

Noun

PK(ピーケー) • (pīkē) 

1. (soccer) penalty kick.

Derived terms

• PK戦