可 kě
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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) -
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) -
adverb
such; so
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: For emphasis (CC-CEDICT '可'; XHZD '可' 6) -
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) -
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) -
verb
to be worth
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Used before a verb (XHZD '可' 3) -
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) -
noun
khan
Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China
Notes: Used by the Xianbei and Mongolians (Kroll 2015 '可' kè; XHZD '可' kè) -
verb
to recover
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 病愈 (Guoyu '可' v 3) -
verb
to act as
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 当 (Guoyu '可' v 4) -
verb
to be worth; to deserve
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 值得 (Guoyu '可' v 5) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
auxiliary verb
used to add emphasis
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (Guoyu '可' av) -
adjective
beautiful
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 美好 (Guoyu '可' adj) -
proper noun
Ke
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '可' n) -
adverb
used to ask a question
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '可' adv 4; Kroll 2015 '可' 3)
Contained in
- 可堪 how can one endure?; to be able to endure
- 可靠性 reliability
- 不可终日(不可終日) to be unable to carry on even for a single day; to be in a desperate situation
- 立可白 correction fluid
- 迪斯可 disco
- 不可开交(不可開交) to be awfully (busy etc)
- 可汗 khan
- 工作许可(工作許可) a work permit
- 不可能 impossible; cannot; not able
- 钱可通神(錢可通神) with money, you can do anything; money talks
- 可采性(可採性) (mining) workability (of deposits of coal, ore etc)
- 可念 pitiable; likable; memorable
- 可好 good or not?; luckily; fortuitously
- 不可理喻 to be impervious to reason; unreasonable
- 可望有成 can be expected to be a success
- 可压缩(可壓縮) compressible
- 可取 desirable; worth having
- 可解 soluble
- 可巧 by coincidence
- 即可 can then
- 可口 tasty
- 可操作的艺术(可操作的藝術) the art of the possible (Bismarck on politics)
- 得可以 very; awfully
- 可能法 optative mood
- 触手可及(觸手可及) within reach
- 无路可走(無路可走) nowhere to go; at the end of one's tether
- 不可常 for not long
- 可嘉 laudable
- 不可救药(不可救藥) incurable; incorrigible; beyond cure; hopeless
- 可容忍 tolerable
- 不可以(不可以) may not ; may not
- 不可避免 unavoidably
- 可想而知 as one can well imagine...
- 和蔼可亲(和藹可親) affable; genial
- 安可 encore ; how shall [we]?
- 未可厚非 not to be censured too strictly; not altogether inexcusable; understandable
- 可选(可選) available; optional
- 通用公共许可証(通用公共許可証) General Public Licence (GPL)
- 可惜 it is a pity; what a pity
- 可决票(可決票) affirmative vote
- 可持续发展(可持續發展) sustainable development
- 勇气可嘉(勇氣可嘉) to deserve praise for one's courage
- 可疑 suspicious; dubious
- 不可说(不可說) indescribable; unspeakable
Also contained in
可可托海 、 可寻址 、 可变长度记录 、 可口可乐公司 、 素可泰 、 不可见无对色 、 素可泰遗址
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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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: 85
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 61
- 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: 41
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
- 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
- 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
- 厎可 (厎可) 乃言厎可績 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — 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