可 kě

1. kě verb can; may; permissible
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: In the sense of 可以 (CC-CEDICT '可'; Kroll 2015 '可' 1; Unihan '可'; XHZD '可' 7)
2. kě conjunction but
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: In the sense of 可是 (Guoyu '可' conj; Kroll 2015 '可' 4; XHZD '可' 5)
3. kě adverb such; so
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: For emphasis (CC-CEDICT '可'; XHZD '可' 6)
4. kě adverb able to; possibly
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: In the sense of 能够 (CC-CEDICT '可'; Guoyu '可' adv 1; Unihan '可'; XHZD '可' 2)
5. kě verb to approve; to permit
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 认可 (Guoyu '可' v 1; XHZD '可' 1)
6. kě verb to be worth
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Used before a verb (XHZD '可' 3)
7. kě verb to suit; to fit
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 适宜 (Guoyu '可' v 2; Kroll 2015 '可' 5a; XHZD '可' 4)
8. kè noun khan
   Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China
   Notes: Used by the Xianbei and Mongolians (Kroll 2015 '可' kè; XHZD '可' kè)
9. kě verb to recover
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 病愈 (Guoyu '可' v 3)
10. kě verb to act as
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 当 (Guoyu '可' v 4)
11. kě verb to be worth; to deserve
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 值得 (Guoyu '可' v 5)
12. kě adverb approximately; probably
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: In the sense of 约略 (Guoyu '可' adv 2; Kroll 2015 '可' 5)
13. kě adverb expresses doubt
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: For example, 你可知道？ 'Do you know?' (Guoyu '可' adv 4)
14. kě adverb really; truely
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: In the sense of 真 or 确实 (Guoyu '可' adv 6)
15. kě auxiliary verb used to add emphasis
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: (Guoyu '可' av)
16. kě adjective beautiful
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 美好 (Guoyu '可' adj)
17. kě proper noun Ke
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '可' n)
18. kě adverb used to ask a question
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '可' adv 4; Kroll 2015 '可' 3)

Contained in

• 不可知主义(不可知主義) agnosticism
• 鱼与熊掌不可兼得(魚與熊掌不可兼得) the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); you must choose one or the other; you can't always get everything you want
• 必不可少组成(必不可少組成) absolute necessity; sine qua non
• 家丑不可外扬(家醜不可外揚) family shames must not be aired in public
• 无路可走(無路可走) nowhere to go; at the end of one's tether
• 可调(可調) adjustable
• 可恼(可惱) aggravating; irritating
• 非同小可 extremely important; no small matter
• 形迹可疑(形跡可疑) suspicious marks
• 可移植 portable
• 通用公共许可証(通用公共許可証) General Public Licence (GPL)
• 无可(無可) can't
• 美味可口 delicious; tasty
• 秀色可餐 a feast for the eyes; (of women) gorgeous; graceful; (of scenery) beautiful
• 不可挽回 irreversible
• 大可 most likely
• 可念 pitiable; likable; memorable
• 无言可对(無言可對) unable to reply; left speechless; at a loss for words
• 指日可待 imminent; just around the corner
• 不可避 unavoidable
• 不可得 cannot be obtained
• 可望有成 can be expected to be a success
• 可决(可決) to adopt; to pass; to vote approval (of a law etc)
• 妙不可言 too wonderful for words
• 到处可见(到處可見) ubiquitous; commonplace; found everywhere
• 可蠢 unbearable; embarrassing
• 不可同日而语(不可同日而語) mustn't speak of two things on the same day; not to be mentioned in the same breath; incomparable
• 将不可以愠致战(將不可以慍致戰) a general should fight a battle out of anger
• 食之无味，弃之可惜(食之無味，棄之可惜) to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it
• 可转让(可轉讓) transferable; negotiable
• 林可霉素 lincomycin
• 和蔼可亲(和藹可親) affable; genial
• 人而无信，不知其可(人而無信，不知其可) if a person is not trustworthy, I do not know how they can get on
• 无路可退(無路可退) without a retreat route; caught in a dead end; having burned one's bridges
• 可接受性 acceptability
• 可读音性(可讀音性) pronounceability
• 可动(可動) movable
• 不可数(不可數) uncountable
• 咄嗟可办(咄嗟可辦) do very quickly; to carry out as soon as an order is given
• 不可开交(不可開交) to be awfully (busy etc)
• 可再生原 renewable resource
• 可溶性 solubility
• 不可胜言(不可勝言) inexpressible ; beyond description
• 可不是 exactly ; how can it be that? ; no
• 知其不可而为之(知其不可而為之) to keep going resolutely despite knowing the task is impossible
• 可能法 optative mood
• 可微 differentiable
• 可是 but; however
• 可决率(可決率) proportion needed to approve a decision
• 可怜(可憐) pitiful; pathetic ; to take pity on ; to attract love; to be cute ; to attract envy

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• 卷二百七十四 列傳第一百六十二 史可法 高弘圖 姜曰廣 Volume 274 Biographies 162: Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu, Jiang Yueguang History of Ming 明史 — count: 111
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 84
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 59
• 亡徵第十五 Chapter 15: The Journey to Destruction Han Feizi 韓非子 — count: 50
• 卷一百六十 志第一百十三 選舉六 Volume 160 Treatises 113: Selection and appointment of Officials 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 45
• 卷三百七十四 列傳第一百三十三 張九成 胡銓 廖剛 李迨 趙開 Volume 374 Biographies 133: Zhang Jiucheng, Hu Quan, Liao Gang, Li Dai, Zhao Kai History of Song 宋史 — count: 43
• 卷十二　隋本紀下第十二:　煬帝 恭帝 Volume 12 Sui Annals 2: Emperor Yang, Emperor Gong History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 42
• 卷十六 志第六 禮三 Volume 16 Treatises 6: Rituals 3 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 41
• 卷十四 魏書十四 程郭董劉蔣劉傳 Volume 14: Book of Wei 14 - Biographies of Cheng, Dong, Guo, Liu, Jiang, and Liu Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 41
• 卷八十七 志第六十三 河渠五 Volume 87 Treatises 63: Rivers and Canals 5 History of Ming 明史 — count: 40

Collocations

• 不亦可 (不亦可) 不亦可乎 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 閔公 Lord Min — count: 8
• 汔可 (汔可) 汔可小康 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧民勞 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Min Lu — count: 5
• 可小 (可小) 汔可小休 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧民勞 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Min Lu — count: 4
• 可怀 (可懷) 仲可懷也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧將仲子 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Jiang Zhong Zi — count: 4
• 命可 (命可) 命可長也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3
• 可扑灭 (可撲滅) 其猶可撲滅 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 盤庚上 Shang Shu - Pan Geng I — count: 3
• 仲可 (仲可) 仲可懷也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧將仲子 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Jiang Zhong Zi — count: 3
• 可赎 (可贖) 如可贖兮 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧秦‧黃鳥 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qin - Huang Niao — count: 3
• 可及 (可及) 可及也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 2
• 厎可 (厎可) 乃言厎可績 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — count: 2