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
- 可共患难(可共患難) to go through thick and thin together
- 可尊敬 respectable
- 可选(可選) available; optional
- 可心 satisfying; to one's liking; to suit sb
- 可编程(可編程) programmable
- 不可名状(不可名狀) indescribable; beyond description
- 人不可貌相 you can't judge a person by appearance; you can't judge a book by its cover
- 可遇不可求 can be discovered but not sought; one can only come across such things serendipitously
- 可鄙 base; mean; despicable
- 安可 encore ; how shall [we]?
- 可想而知 as one can well imagine...
- 莫可指数(莫可指數) countless; innumerable
- 几可乱真(幾可亂真) to seem almost genuine; easily mistaken for the real thing
- 触手可得(觸手可得) within reach
- 有机可乘(有機可乘) to have an opportunity that one can exploit
- 可可波罗(可可波羅) cocobolo
- 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
- 可疑 suspicious; dubious
- 无可非议(無可非議) irreproachable; nothing blameworthy about it at all
- 可靠性 reliability
- 难能可贵(難能可貴) difficult and praiseworthy
- 会面安可知(會面安可知) how shall we meet again?
- 可有可无(可有可無) not essential; dispensable
- 勇气可嘉(勇氣可嘉) to deserve praise for one's courage
- 可好 good or not?; luckily; fortuitously
- 尽可能(儘可能) jǐnkěnéng
- 可怜见(可憐見) to take pity on; to feel sorry for ; to attract love
- 马尔可夫过程(馬爾可夫過程) Markov process
- 可再生原 renewable resource
- 余勇可贾(餘勇可賈) spare valor for sale; after former successes, still ready for more work
- 可恃 reliable
- 宁可(寧可) would rather; preferably ; how could it be
- 无可奈何(無可奈何) to have no way out; to have no alternative
- 可蠢 unbearable; embarrassing
- 大可 most likely
- 不可分割 inalienable; unalienable; inseparable; indivisible
- 一发不可收拾(一發不可收拾) things that have happened can hardly be controlled; to get out of hand
- 马可福音(馬可福音) Gospel according to St Mark
- 不可估量 inestimable; incalculable; beyond measure
- 由此可见(由此可見) from this, it can be seen that
- 可决(可決) to adopt; to pass; to vote approval (of a law etc)
- 可溶 soluble
- 妙不可言 too wonderful for words
- 可观(可觀) worth viewing ; considerably
- 可移植 portable
- 岌岌可危 imminent danger; approaching a crisis
Also contained in
可缩放矢量图形 、 可寻址 、 不可见无对色 、 六可憘法 、 可扩展置标语言
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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
- 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
- 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
- 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