可 kě
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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) -
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) -
kě
adverb
such; so
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: For emphasis (CC-CEDICT '可'; XHZD '可' 6) -
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) -
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) -
kě
verb
to be worth
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Used before a verb (XHZD '可' 3) -
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) -
kè
noun
khan
Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China
Notes: Used by the Xianbei and Mongolians (Kroll 2015 '可' kè; XHZD '可' kè) -
kě
verb
to recover
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 病愈 (Guoyu '可' v 3) -
kě
verb
to act as
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 当 (Guoyu '可' v 4) -
kě
verb
to be worth; to deserve
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 值得 (Guoyu '可' v 5) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
kě
auxiliary verb
used to add emphasis
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (Guoyu '可' av) -
kě
adjective
beautiful
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 美好 (Guoyu '可' adj) -
kě
proper noun
Ke
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '可' n) -
kě
adverb
used to ask a question
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '可' adv 4; Kroll 2015 '可' 3)
Contained in
- 许可协议(許可協議) licensing agreement (for intellectual property)
- 不可抗力 force majeure
- 可视化(可視化) visualization
- 机不可失,失不再来(機不可失,失不再來) opportunity knocks but once
- 可口 tasty
- 咄嗟可办(咄嗟可辦) do very quickly; to carry out as soon as an order is given
- 可憎 disgusting
- 模棱两可(模稜兩可) to equivocate; to hold two contradictory views; to sit on the fence
- 可就 certainly
- 可敬 venerable
- 不可数(不可數) uncountable
- 牢不可拔 so secure that it cannot be pulled out; so stubborn that it cannot be changed
- 可见(可見) can be understood ; can be seen; perceptible; visible
- 可尊敬 respectable
- 可变渗透性模型(可變滲透性模型) Varying Permeability Model (VPM), (used to calculate decompression schedules in diving)
- 可掬 that one can grasp (of smile, anger); palpable; sincere
- 不可理喻 to be impervious to reason; unreasonable
- 柴可夫斯基 Tchaikovsky
- 可儿(可兒) a person after one's heart (charming person); capable person
- 不可得 cannot be obtained
- 大有可为(大有可為) have great potential
- 和蔼可亲(和藹可親) affable; genial
- 可可波罗(可可波羅) cocobolo
- 朝闻道,夕死可矣(朝聞道,夕死可矣) if one hears the Way in the morning, he can die [without regret] in the evening
- 不可一世 to consider oneself unexcelled in the world; to be insufferably arrogant
- 可可 cocoa
- 可选(可選) available; optional
- 不可侵犯 inviolable; inviolability
- 星星之火,可以燎原 a single spark can start a huge blaze; an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
- 不可能 impossible; cannot; not able
- 机不可失(機不可失) No time to lose!
- 可作 can be used for
- 可知论(可知論) gnosticism, the philosophical doctrine that everything about the universe is knowable
- 不可挽回 irreversible
- 不可逆 irreversible
- 可擦写可编程只读存储器(可擦寫可編程只讀存儲器) EPROM (erasable programmable read-only memory)
- 不可告人 hidden; kept secret; not to be divulged
- 可言 it may be said
- 可谓(可謂) it could even be said
- 无可置疑(無可置疑) cannot be doubted
- 可见一斑(可見一斑) understanding of a small part can lead to understanding of the whole
- 可叹(可嘆) lamentable; sad(ly)
- 可歌可泣 can sing or you can cry; deeply moving
- 可望而不可及 in sight but unattainable ; inaccessible
- 可虑(可慮) worrisome
- 可是 but; however
- 无可挽回(無可挽回) irrevocable; the die is cast
- 后生可畏(後生可畏) the young will be redoubtable in the years to come; the younger generations will surpass us in time
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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
- 卷十四 志第四 禮一 Volume 14 Treatises 4: Rituals 1 Book of Song 宋書 — 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
- 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
- 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
- 可说 (可說) 猶可說也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧氓 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Mang — count: 2
- 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