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可爱

kě ài

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 可愛

可爱 (kě ài) means "adorable". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 可爱 means

1. adorable
2. cute
3. lovely

The characters in 可爱

• 可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit
• 爱àito love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth)…

Example sentences

• 好可爱！
  How cute!
• 真可爱！
  How cute!
• 多可爱啊！
  How cute!
• 她很可爱。
  She is very pretty.
• 好可爱喔。
  So cute!
• 猫很可爱。
  Cats are cute.

Words starting with 可爱

• 可爱岛Kě ài DǎoKauaʻi, fourth-largest island of the Hawaiian archipelago

Words containing 可爱

• 小可爱xiǎo kě àicutie; sweetie; (Taiwan) camisole (women's garment)
• 装可爱zhuāng kě àito act cute; putting on adorable airs; to pretend to be lovely

Where 可爱 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Emotions & Attitudes (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read kě ài correctly.
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