may, can, -able; possibly

HSK 2 #30

DEFINITIONS

可 kě
  • can
  • may
  • able to
  • to approve
  • to permit
  • to suit
  • (particle used for emphasis) certainly
  • very
可 kè
  • see 可汗[ke4 han2]

STROKES

可 stroke order diagram
可 stroke order animation

WORDS

切实行 qiè shí kě xíng feasible
溶性 kě róng xìng solubility
燃性 kě rán xìng flammable; flammability
见光 kě jiàn guāng visible light; light in optical spectrum
变 kě biàn variable
笑容掬 xiào róng kě jū smiling wholeheartedly (idiom); beaming from ear to ear
美味口 měi wèi kě kǒu delicious; tasty
尼 mǎ kě ní Marconi, UK electronics company
波罗 mǎ kě bō luó Marco Polo (1254-c. 1324), Venetian trader and explorer who traveled the Silk road to China, author of Il Milione (Travels of Marco Polo)
心 kě xīn satisfying; to one's liking; to suit sb
罗雀 mén kě luó què you can net sparrows at the door (idiom); completely deserted
分割 bù kě fēn gē inalienable; unalienable; inseparable; indivisible
shàng kě not bad; satisfactory
由此见 yóu cǐ kě jiàn from this, it can be seen that...
锐不当 ruì bù kě dāng unstoppable; hard to hold back
名状 bù kě míng zhuàng indescribable; beyond description
势不当 shì bù kě dāng impossible to resist (idiom); an irresistible force
必不缺 bì bù kě quē see 必不可少[bi4 bu4 ke3 shao3]
一发不收拾 yī fā bù kě shōu shi once it gets started there's no stopping it
一發不收拾 yī fā bù kě shōu shi once it gets started there's no stopping it
一发而不收 yī fā ér bù kě shōu to be impossible to stop once started
一發而不收 yī fā ér bù kě shōu to be impossible to stop once started
一蹴几 yī cù kě jǐ to succeed at the first try (idiom); easy as pie; one can do it at once
一蹴幾 yī cù kě jǐ to succeed at the first try (idiom); easy as pie; one can do it at once
以 bù kě yǐ may not