Chinese Notes

可 kě kè

kě 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 '可' 1; Unihan '可'; XHZD '可' 7)
kě 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 '可' 4; XHZD '可' 5)
kě adverb such / so
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: For emphasis (CC-CEDICT '可'; XHZD '可' 6)
kě 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)
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 '可' 5a; XHZD '可' 4)
kè noun khan
Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China 中国
Notes: Used by the Xianbei and Mongolians (Kroll '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 虚词
Notes: In the sense of 约略 (Guoyu '可' adv 2; Kroll '可' 5)
kě 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)
kě 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)
kě auxiliary verb used to add emphasis
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
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: Names 名字 , 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 '可' 3)

Contained in

可能、可以、可用性、可是、可靠、许可、不可抗力、可爱、可怜、不可逆转、可谓、可持续发展、可再生、必不可少、无可奈何、可拖拉、可能性、可观、不可、可乐、可擦写、可擦写刻录机、非_不可、可怕、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、可不是、可见、可巧、可惜、可笑、可行、宁可、通用公共许可証、可移植、可移植文档格式、大有可为、可缩放矢量组织、可歌可泣、可贵、可口、可恶、可喜、可想而知、认可、无话可说、无可奉告

Texts that the word is most frequently mentioned in

Collection	Document Title	Occurrences
History of Ming 《明史》	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	114
The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》	昭公 Lord Zhao	84
The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》	襄公 Lord Xiang	61
Han Feizi 《韓非子》	亡徵第十五 Chapter 15: The Journey to Destruction	50
History of Song 《宋史》	卷一百六十志第一百十三選舉六 Volume 160 Treatises 113: Selection and appointment of Officials 6	48
History of Song 《宋史》	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	45
Daode Jing 《道德經》	Daode Jing 《道德經》	44
Book of Jin 《晉書》	卷九十五列傳第六十五藝術 Volume 95 Biographies 65: Arts	44
Records of the Three Kingdoms 《三國志》	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	43
History of Ming 《明史》	卷八十七志第六十三河渠五 Volume 87 Treatises 63: Rivers and Canals 5	43

Collocations

Simplified	Traditional	Example	Example Reference	Frequency
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	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	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	4
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	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	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	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	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	3
可使	可使	亦云可使	The Book of Songs 《詩經》小雅‧節南山之什‧雨無正 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Yu Wu Zheng	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	2