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可谓

kě wèi

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 可謂

可谓 (kě wèi) means "it could even be said". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 可谓 means

1. it could even be said

The characters in 可谓

• 可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit
• 谓wèito speak; to say; to name

Sounds the same

Read kě wèi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 可畏dreadful; formidable

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