Dictionary › 肯
肯
kěn
What 肯 means
- to agree; to consent
- to be willing to
Other readings
Example sentences
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你肯定吗？Are you sure?
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肯没跑步。Ken wasn't running.
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肯很快乐。Ken is happy.
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我很肯定！I'm absolutely sure!
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肯跳过了墙。Ken jumped over the wall.
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肯擅长游泳。Ken is good at swimming.
Words starting with 肯
- 肯定kěn dìngto be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm
- 肯德基Kěn dé jīKFC; Kentucky Fried Chicken
- 肯尼亚Kěn ní yàKenya
- 肯亚Kěn yà(Taiwan) Kenya
- 肯特Kěn tèKent (English county)
- 肯塔基Kěn tǎ jīKentucky, US state
- 肯尼迪角Kěn ní dí jiǎoCape Kennedy, name 1963-1973 of Cape Canaveral 卡纳维拉尔角
- 肯普索恩Kěn pǔ suǒ ēn(Dirk) Kempthorne (US Senator from Idaho)
- 肯定句kěn dìng jùaffirmative sentence
- 肯德基炸鸡Kěn dé jī Zhá jīKentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)
- 肯尼迪航天中心Kěn ní dí Háng tiān Zhōng xīnKennedy space center, Cape Canaveral 卡纳维拉尔角
- 肯尼迪Kěn ní díKennedy (name); J.F. Kennedy (1917-1963), US Democrat politician, president 1961-1963
- 肯德拉Kěn dé lāKendra (name)
Words containing 肯
- 宁肯nìng kěnwould rather...; it would be better...; would prefer
- 中肯zhòng kěnpertinent; apropos
- 首肯shǒu kěnto give a nod of approval
- 阿肯色Ā kěn sèArkansas, US state
- 阿肯色大学Ā kěn sè Dà xuéUniversity of Arkansas
- 假肯定句jiǎ kěn dìng jùfalse affirmative
- 真肯定句zhēn kěn dìng jùtrue affirmative (TA)
- 库肯霍夫公园Kù kěn huò fū Gōng yuánKeukenhof, flower garden in Netherlands
- 斯托肯立石圈Sī tuō kěn lì shí quānStonehenge stone circle
- 基孔肯雅热jī kǒng kěn yǎ rèchikungunya fever
- 郎肯循环láng kěn xún huánRankine cycle (engineering)
- 麦肯锡Mài kěn xī(name) MacKenzie; McKinsey
- 林肯郡Lín kěn jùnLincolnshire (English county)
- 萨尔布吕肯Sà ěr bù lǚ kěnSaarbrücken, capital of Saarland, Germany
- 杰奎琳·肯尼迪Jié kuí lín · Kěn ní díJacqueline Onassis Kennedy (1929-1994)
- 林肯Lín kěnLincoln (name); Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), US president 1861-1865; Lincoln, US car make
Characters built on 月
These share the phonetic component 月 (yuè), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.
- 肾shènkidney
- 朕zhèn(used by an emperor or king) I; me; we (royal "we"); (literary) omen
- 胂shènarsine
- 胗zhēngizzard
Characters that look like 肯
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 音yīnsound; noise; note (of musical scale)
- 背bèithe back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from
- 青qīnggreen; blue; black
- 昔xīformer times; the past; Taiwan pr. xí
- 贲bēnenergetic
- 肓huāngregion between heart and diaphragm
Sounds the same
Read kěn, tone for tone, but written differently.
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