可 kě kè
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verb
can / may / permissible
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
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 虚词
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 虚词
Notes: For emphasis (CC-CEDICT '可'; XHZD '可' 6) -
adverb
able to / possibly
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
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 中国
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 虚词
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 虚词
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 虚词
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 虚词
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 名字 , 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
- 可能 probably ; probable ; probable ; possibility / probability / likelihood
- 可以 can / may / possible / able to ; capable / adequate ; can / may / possible / able to ; good
- 可是 but / however
- 可靠 reliable ; believable
- 许可(許可) to allow / to permit
- 不可抗力 force majeure
- 可爱(可愛) cute / lovely
- 可怜(可憐) pitiful / pathetic ; to take pity on ; to attract love / to be cute ; to attract envy
- 不可逆转(不可逆轉) irreversible
- 可谓(可謂) it could even be said
- 可持续发展(可持續發展) sustainable development
- 可再生 renewable
- 必不可少 absolutely necessary / indispensable / essential
- 无可奈何(無可奈何) to have no way out / to have no alternative
- 可能性 possibility / probability
- 不可思议(不可思議) inconceivable / unimaginable / unfathomable ; acintya / inconceivable
- 可观(可觀) worth viewing ; considerably
- 不可 cannot / should not / must not / forbidden / prohibited ; improbable
- 可乐(可樂) cola ; to be entertaining
- 可擦写(可擦寫) erasable
- 非_不可 you must
- 可怕 awful / dreadful / fearful / formidable / frightful / scary
- 可不是 exactly
- 可见(可見) worthy of viewing / it is clear / clear / visible
- 可巧 by coincidence
- 可惜 it is a pity / what a pity
- 可笑 funny / ridiculous
- 可行 feasible ; to be able to do
- 宁可(寧可) would rather / preferably ; how could it be
- 通用公共许可証(通用公共許可証) General Public Licence (GPL)
- 大有可为(大有可為) have great potential
- 可歌可泣 can sing or you can cry / deeply moving
- 可贵(可貴) praiseworthy / valuable
- 可口 tasty
- 可恶(可惡) repulsive / vile / hateful
- 可喜 gratifying / heartening
- 可想而知 as one can well imagine...
- 认可(認可) to approve
- 无话可说(無話可說) to have nothing to say
- 无可奉告(無可奉告) to have no comment
Also contained in
可用性 、 可擦写刻录机 、 可擦除式光碟 、 可扩展置标语言 、 可扩展标示语言 、 可扩展类型语言 、 可扩展样式语言 、 可扩展风格语言 、 可移植 、 可移植文档格式 、 可缩放矢量组织
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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: 44
- 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
- Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 《道德經》 — count: 41
- 卷十六 志第六 禮三 Volume 16 Treatises 6: Rituals 3 Book of Song 《宋書》 — 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
- 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
- 可尽 (可儘) 狄可盡乎 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 閔公 Lord Min — count: 2
- 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