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

• 可选择丢弃(可選擇丟棄) discard eligible (Frame Relay); DE
• 寥寥可数(寥寥可數) just a very few; tiny number; just a handful; not many at all; You count them on your fingers.
• 宁可(寧可) would rather; preferably ; how could it be
• 不可抗拒 act of God; force majeure (law); irresistible (idiom)
• 必不可少组成(必不可少組成) absolute necessity; sine qua non
• 可见(可見) can be understood ; can be seen; perceptible; visible
• 缺一不可 not a single one is dispensable; can't do without either
• 氯林可霉素 clindamycin
• 可蠢 unbearable; embarrassing
• 不可端倪 impossible to get even an outline; unfathomable; not a clue
• 可见光(可見光) visible light; light in optical spectrum
• 可摺叠式智能手机(可摺疊式智能手機) foldable smartphone
• 工作许可(工作許可) a work permit
• 坚不可摧(堅不可摧) invulnerable, indestructible, impregnable
• 不可告人 hidden; kept secret; not to be divulged
• 可转换同位素(可轉換同位素) fertile isotope
• 不可数集(不可數集) uncountable set
• 情有可原 pardonable (of interruption, misunderstanding etc)
• 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)
• 不可磨灭(不可磨滅) indelible
• 可有可无(可有可無) not essential; dispensable
• 快可立 Quickly, tapioca milk tea franchise
• 可谓(可謂) it could even be said
• 不可一世 to consider oneself unexcelled in the world; to be insufferably arrogant
• 不可或缺 necessary; must have
• 可作 can be used for
• 可取 desirable; worth having
• 未尝不可(未嘗不可) to reason why not
• 可擦写(可擦寫) erasable
• 切实可行(切實可行) feasible
• 可展曲面 a developable surface
• 可采性 admissibility (of evidence in court) ; (mining) workability (of deposits of coal, ore etc)
• 极有可能(極有可能) extremely possible; probable
• 可笑 laughable; ridiculous
• 不可逾越 impassable; insurmountable; insuperable
• 可望 can be expected (to); to be expected (to); hopefully (happening)
• 可懂度 intelligibility
• 无路可走(無路可走) nowhere to go; at the end of one's tether
• 家丑不可外传(家醜不可外傳) family shames must not be aired in public
• 马可(馬可) Marco
• 不可思议(不可思議) inconceivable; unimaginable; unfathomable
• 装可爱(裝可愛) to act cute; putting on adorable airs; to pretend to be lovely
• 可想而知 as one can well imagine...
• 不可亿逞(不可億逞) unable to predict
• 可持续发展(可持續發展) sustainable development
• 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.
• 可接受性 acceptability
• 可溶性纤维(可溶性纖維) soluble fiber

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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21上 獻文六王上 Volume 21a: Emperor Xianwen's Six Princes 1 Book of Wei 魏書 — 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
• 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
• 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
• 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: 2
• 可绩 (可績) 乃言厎可績 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — count: 2