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

• 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot
• 可溶 soluble
• 得可以 very; awfully
• 星星之火，可以燎原 a single spark can start a huge blaze; an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
• 尚可 not bad; satisfactory
• 前景可期 to have a promising future; to have bright prospects
• 可持续发展(可持續發展) sustainable development
• 奥米可戎(奧米可戎) omicron (Greek letter Οο)
• 可读音性(可讀音性) pronounceability
• 不可能 impossible; cannot; not able
• 可燃 inflammable
• 可丽露(可麗露) canelé (a French pastry)
• 不可靠 unreliable
• 垂手可得 obtained [as easily] as holding out your hands
• 可丽饼(可麗餅) crêpe
• 不可端倪 impossible to get even an outline; unfathomable; not a clue
• 可则(可則) suitable ; may; able ; just now
• 可惊(可驚) astonishing
• 麦可(麥可) Mike
• 岂可如此(豈可如此) How could this be?
• 必不可少 absolutely necessary; indispensable; essential
• 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)
• 不可言喻 inexpressible
• 可人 pleasant; agreeable; a person after one's heart (charming person); a gifted person
• 不可置信 unbelievable; incredible
• 没有什么不可能(沒有什麼不可能) nothing is impossible; there's nothing impossible about it
• 忍无可忍(忍無可忍) more than one can bear; at the end of one's patience; the last straw
• 可溶性 solubility
• 可望而不可即 in sight but unattainable; inaccessible
• 可怜兮兮(可憐兮兮) miserable; wretched
• 家丑不可外传(家醜不可外傳) family shames must not be aired in public
• 可通 passable; possible to reach
• 可决率(可決率) proportion needed to approve a decision
• 不可常 for not long
• 可取 desirable; worth having
• 人而无信，不知其可(人而無信，不知其可) if a person is not trustworthy, I do not know how they can get on
• 可编程(可編程) programmable
• 洛可可 rococo; very ornate
• 安可 encore ; how shall [we]?
• 不置可否 decline to comment; not express an opinion; be noncommittal; hedge
• 朋友妻不可欺 you should not covet your friend's wife
• 可尊敬 respectable
• 可采性 admissibility (of evidence in court) ; (mining) workability (of deposits of coal, ore etc)
• 可虑(可慮) worrisome
• 功不可没(功不可沒) one's contributions cannot go unnoticed
• 马尔可夫过程(馬爾可夫過程) Markov process
• 无可匹敌(無可匹敵) unsurpassed; unparalleled
• 不可撤销信用证(不可撤銷信用證) irrevocable letter of credit

Also contained in

素可泰府 、 健怡可乐 、 张可久

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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
• 卷十六 志第六 禮三 Volume 16 Treatises 6: Rituals 3 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 41
• 卷一百七十三 志第一百二十六 食貨上一 Volume 173 Treatises 126: Finance and Economics 1a History of Song 宋史 — 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: 15
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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