可 kě
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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) -
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) -
adverb
such / so
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: For emphasis (CC-CEDICT '可'; XHZD '可' 6) -
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) -
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) -
verb
to be worth
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Used before a verb (XHZD '可' 3) -
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) -
noun
khan
Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China
Notes: Used by the Xianbei and Mongolians (Kroll 2015 '可' kè; XHZD '可' kè) -
verb
to recover
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 病愈 (Guoyu '可' v 3) -
verb
to act as
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 当 (Guoyu '可' v 4) -
verb
to be worth / to deserve
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 值得 (Guoyu '可' v 5) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
auxiliary verb
used to add emphasis
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (Guoyu '可' av) -
adjective
beautiful
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 美好 (Guoyu '可' adj) -
proper noun
Ke
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '可' n) -
adverb
used to ask a question
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '可' adv 4; Kroll 2015 '可' 3)
Contained in
- 不可思 inconceivable / unthinkable / unimaginable
- 无可救药(無可救藥) no antidote is possible / incurable / incorrigible / beyond redemption
- 可知论(可知論) gnosticism, the philosophical doctrine that everything about the universe is knowable
- 不可挽回 irreversible
- 可疑分子 a suspect
- 可懂度 intelligibility
- 由此可见(由此可見) from this, it can be seen that
- 可信度 degree of credibility / reliability
- 可展曲面 a developable surface
- 可视化(可視化) visualization
- 不可量 uncountable / immeasurable
- 尚可 not bad / satisfactory
- 可持续发展(可持續發展) sustainable development
- 安可 encore ; how shall [we]?
- 不可议(不可議) indescribable
- 可决(可決) to adopt / to pass / to vote approval (of a law etc)
- 笑不可仰 to double up with laughter
- 不可救药(不可救藥) incurable / incorrigible / beyond cure / hopeless
- 通用公共许可証(通用公共許可証) General Public Licence (GPL)
- 秀色可餐 a feast for the eyes / (of women) gorgeous / graceful / (of scenery) beautiful
- 不可胜数(不可勝數) countless / innumerable
- 天机不可泄露(天機不可泄露) mysteries of heaven must not be revealed / must not be revealed / I am not at liberty to inform you.
- 无话可说(無話可說) to have nothing to say
- 一蹴可几(一蹴可幾) to succeed at the first try / easy as pie / one can do it at once
- 可怜见(可憐見) to take pity on / to feel sorry for ; to attract love
- 可塑性 plasticity
- 生无可恋(生無可戀) nothing left to live for
- 主不可以不坚(主不可以不堅) a ruler cannot be irresolute
- 可谓(可謂) it could even be said
- 可操作的艺术(可操作的藝術) the art of the possible (Bismarck on politics)
- 不可逆 irreversible
- 不可得 cannot be obtained
- 可疑 suspicious / dubious
- 无可非议(無可非議) irreproachable / nothing blameworthy about it at all
- 未置可否 to refuse to comment
- 极有可能(極有可能) extremely possible / probable
- 神圣不可侵犯(神聖不可侵犯) sacred / inviolable
- 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
- 可变成本(可變成本) variable cost
- 可意 agreeable / comfortable ; pleased / elated ; lovely
- 命不可说(命不可說) fate cannot be foretold
- 可燃冰 clathrate hydrates
- 可溶性 solubility
- 乍可 to prefer to / rather
- 怒不可遏 unable to restrain one's anger / in a towering rage
- 难能可贵(難能可貴) difficult and praiseworthy
Also contained in
龙力不可思议 、 可失哈耳 、 可口可乐公司 、 马可波罗 、 素可泰府
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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: 85
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 61
- 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
- Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — 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
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
- 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
- 庸可 (庸可) 晉其庸可冀乎 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — 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
- 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
- 可改 (可改) 弗可改也已 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 2