可 kě
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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) -
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) -
kě
adverb
such; so
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: For emphasis (CC-CEDICT '可'; XHZD '可' 6) -
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) -
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 2015 '可' 5a; XHZD '可' 4) -
kè
noun
khan
Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China
Notes: Used by the Xianbei and Mongolians (Kroll 2015 '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
Notes: In the sense of 约略 (Guoyu '可' adv 2; Kroll 2015 '可' 5) -
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) -
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) -
kě
auxiliary verb
used to add emphasis
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
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: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , 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 2015 '可' 3)
Contained in
- 麦可(麥可) Mike
- 可望有成 can be expected to be a success
- 不可置信 unbelievable; incredible
- 可巧 by coincidence
- 形迹可疑(形跡可疑) suspicious marks
- 可可米 Cocoa Krispies
- 可气(可氣) annoying; irritating; exasperating
- 可选择丢弃(可選擇丟棄) discard eligible (Frame Relay); DE
- 可欺 gullible; easily bullied; weak
- 怒不可遏 unable to restrain one's anger; in a towering rage
- 憨态可掬(憨態可掬) charmingly naive
- 巧不可阶(巧不可階) unmatchable
- 情有可原 pardonable (of interruption, misunderstanding etc)
- 摩可 great
- 不可开交(不可開交) to be awfully (busy etc)
- 无可非议(無可非議) irreproachable; nothing blameworthy about it at all
- 生无可恋(生無可戀) nothing left to live for
- 可圈可点(可圈可點) remarkable (performance, achievement etc); worthy of praise
- 可恶(可惡) repulsive; vile; hateful
- 食之无味，弃之可惜(食之無味，棄之可惜) to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it
- 未可厚非 not to be censured too strictly; not altogether inexcusable; understandable
- 未尝不可(未嘗不可) to reason why not
- 一蹴可几(一蹴可幾) to succeed at the first try; easy as pie; one can do it at once
- 不可避 unavoidable
- 可掬 that one can grasp (of smile, anger); palpable; sincere
- 可疑 suspicious; dubious
- 可可 cocoa
- 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
- 可尊敬 respectable
- 是可忍也，孰不可忍 if this can be tolerated, what cannot?
- 可人 pleasant; agreeable; a person after one's heart (charming person); a gifted person
- 可鄙 base; mean; despicable
- 马可(馬可) Marco
- 可好 good or not?; luckily; fortuitously
- 不可收拾 irremediable; unmanageable; out of hand; hopeless
- 可数名词(可數名詞) a countable noun
- 可念 pitiable; likable; memorable
- 无可救药(無可救藥) no antidote is possible; incurable; incorrigible; beyond redemption
- 可视化(可視化) visualization
- 害人之心不可有，防人之心不可无(害人之心不可有，防人之心不可無) refrain from hurting others, yet guard against those trying to hurt you
- 可擦写(可擦寫) erasable
- 可能 probably ; probable ; probable ; possibility; probability; likelihood
- 可分 can be divided (into parts); one can distinguish (several types)
- 不置可否 decline to comment; not express an opinion; be noncommittal; hedge
- 不可同日而语(不可同日而語) mustn't speak of two things on the same day; not to be mentioned in the same breath; incomparable
Also contained in
万艾可 、 马可波罗 、 素可泰 、 素可泰遗址 、 可变长度记录 、 可移植文档格式
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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
- Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — 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
- 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
- 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
- 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