Dictionary › 可
可
kě
What 可 means
- (prefix) can; may; able to; -able
- to approve; to permit
- to suit
- (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very
- but; however
Other readings
Example sentences
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可笑!Kěxiào!Funny!
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可怜!How unfortunate!
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可恶！Abominable!
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可以。That's okay.
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不可理喻BùkělǐyùNonsense!
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适可而止Shìkě'érzhǐQuit while you're ahead.
Words starting with 可
- 可以kě yǐcan; may; possible
- 可能kě néngmight (happen); possible; probable
- 可是kě shìbut; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
- 可爱kě àiadorable; cute; lovely
- 可惜kě xīit is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately
- 可怜kě liánpitiful; pathetic; to have pity on
- 可怕kě pàawful; dreadful; fearful
- 可见kě jiànit can clearly be seen (that this is the case); it is (thus) clear; clear
- 可靠kě kàoreliable
- 可笑kě xiàofunny; ridiculous
- 可恶kě wùrepulsive; vile; hateful
- 可口kě kǒutasty; to taste good
- 可行kě xíngfeasible
- 可观kě guānworth seeing; considerable; impressive; significant
- 可能性kě néng xìngpossibility; probability
- 可不是kě bu shì(colloquial) exactly!; indeed; that's for sure
- 可谓kě wèiit could even be said
- 可就kě jiùcertainly
- 可乐kě lèamusing; entertaining; (loanword) cola
- 可知kě zhīevidently; clearly; no wonder
- 可想而知kě xiǎng ér zhī(idiom) (it) goes without saying; can well be imagined
- 可悲kě bēilamentable
- 可可kě kě(loanword) cocoa
- 可疑kě yísuspicious; dubious
Words containing 可
- 不可bù kěcannot; should not; must not
- 宁可nìng kěpreferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...); would rather
- 认可rèn kěto approve; approval; acknowledgment
- 许可xǔ kěto allow; to permit
- 不可思议bù kě sī yì(idiom) inconceivable; unimaginable; unfathomable
- 无可奈何wú kě nài héhave no way out; have no alternative; abbr. to 无奈
- 难能可贵nán néng kě guìrare and precious; valuable; remarkable
- 无可奉告wú kě fèng gào(idiom) no comment
- 有可能yǒu kě néngpossible; probable; possibly
- 即可jí kěequivalent to 就可以; can then (do sth); can immediately (do sth)
- 许可证xǔ kě zhènglicense; authorization; permit
- 无可wú kěcan't
- 不可避免bù kě bì miǎn(idiom) inevitable; unavoidable
- 均可jūn kěall are OK; both are OK; all can
- 由此可见yóu cǐ kě jiànfrom this, it can be seen that...
- 随处可见suí chù kě jiàncan be seen everywhere
- 必不可少bì bù kě shǎoabsolutely necessary; indispensable; essential
- 无话可说wú huà kě shuōto have nothing to say (idiom)
- 忍无可忍rěn wú kě rěnmore than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one's patience; the last straw
- 不可或缺bù kě huò quēnecessary; must have
- 尽可能jǐn kě néngas far as possible; to the best of one's ability
- 不可收拾bù kě shōu shi(idiom) irremediable; unmanageable; out of hand; hopeless
- 尚可shàng kěnot bad; satisfactory
- 无家可归wú jiā kě guī(idiom) homeless
Characters that look like 可
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
Sounds the same
Read kě, tone for tone, but written differently.
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