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可靠

kě kào

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

可靠 (kě kào) means "reliable". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 可靠 means

1. reliable

The characters in 可靠

• 可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit
• 靠kàoto lean against or on; to stand by the side of; to come near to

Example sentences

• 你很可靠。
  You're reliable.
• 他们不可靠。
  They're unreliable.
• 那篇报导不可靠。
  The report is not to be depended upon.
• 这些资料未必可靠。
  It is questionable whether this data can be relied on.
• 我认为汤姆不可靠。
  I think Tom is undependable.
• 你是我最可靠的朋友。
  Nǐ shì wǒ zuì kěkào de péngyou.
  You're the most reliable friend I have.

Words starting with 可靠

• 可靠性kě kào xìngreliability

Where 可靠 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Thinking, Reasoning & Memory (HSK 5), 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 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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