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许可

xǔ kě

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 許可

许可 (xǔ kě) means "to permit, permission". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 许可 means

1. to allow
2. to permit

The characters in 许可

• 许xǔto allow; to permit; to promise
• 可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit

Example sentences

• 我或许可以修好它。
  I might be able to fix that.
• 未经许可，我不能喝酒。
  I'm not allowed to drink alcohol.
• 我们有在这里停车的许可。
  Wǒmen yǒu zài zhèlǐ tíngchē de xǔkě.
  We got permission to park here.
• 你或许可以依靠他来帮助你。
  You may depend on him to help you.
• 若天气许可的话，派对将会在户外举行。
  Ruò tiānqì xǔkě dehuà, pàiduì jiānghuì zàihùwài jǔxíng.
  The party will be held outdoors, weather permitting.
• 这两只鸟在没有建筑许可的情况下筑了巢。
  The two birds built a nest without a building permit.

Words starting with 许可

• 许可证xǔ kě zhènglicense; authorization; permit
• 许可协议xǔ kě xié yìlicensing agreement (for intellectual property)

Words containing 许可

• 书面许可shū miàn xǔ kěwritten permission; written authorization

Where 许可 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · xuǎn–xù (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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