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

• 面目可憎 repulsive countenance; disgusting appearance
• 可得到 available
• 可转让(可轉讓) transferable; negotiable
• 非死不可 Facebook
• 可裂变(可裂變) fissile
• 可兰经(可蘭經) Koran; Quran
• 可耻(可恥) shameful; disgraceful; ignominious
• 可敬 venerable
• 不可数名词(不可數名詞) a mass noun
• 蔼然可亲(藹然可親) cordial; friendly
• 不可知主义(不可知主義) agnosticism
• 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
• 不可导(不可導) not differentiable
• 麦可(麥可) Mike
• 可溶性 solubility
• 即可 can then
• 可共患难(可共患難) to go through thick and thin together
• 不可得 cannot be obtained
• 可见光(可見光) visible light; light in optical spectrum
• 迪斯可 disco
• 难能可贵(難能可貴) difficult and praiseworthy
• 氯林可霉素 clindamycin
• 胡可胜言(胡可勝言) who is able to describe it?
• 可支配收入 disposable income
• 坚不可摧(堅不可摧) invulnerable, indestructible, impregnable
• 未可同日而语(未可同日而語) mustn't speak of two things on the same day; not to be mentioned in the same breath; incomparable
• 不可估量 inestimable; incalculable; beyond measure
• 可选择丢弃(可選擇丟棄) discard eligible (Frame Relay); DE
• 可遇不可求 can be discovered but not sought; one can only come across such things serendipitously
• 不可避 unavoidable
• 笑容可掬 smiling wholeheartedly; beaming from ear to ear
• 笑不可仰 to double up with laughter
• 不可分割 inalienable; unalienable; inseparable; indivisible
• 可叹(可嘆) lamentable; sad(ly)
• 可丽饼(可麗餅) crêpe
• 可数集(可數集) countable set ; denumerable set
• 无事可做(無事可做) to have nothing to do; to have time on one's hands
• 可否 is it possible or not?
• 可望 can be expected (to); to be expected (to); hopefully (happening)
• 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.
• 可操作的艺术(可操作的藝術) the art of the possible (Bismarck on politics)
• 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)
• 可视化(可視化) visualization
• 可人 pleasant; agreeable; a person after one's heart (charming person); a gifted person
• 由此可见(由此可見) from this, it can be seen that
• 可尊敬 respectable
• 可体(可體) well-fitting (of clothes)
• 家丑不可外传(家醜不可外傳) family shames must not be aired in public

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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
• 卷八十七 志第六十三 河渠五 Volume 87 Treatises 63: Rivers and Canals 5 History of Ming 明史 — 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: 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
• 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
• 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
• 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