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

數名詞 bù kě shǔ míng cí uncountable noun (in grammar of European languages)
数集 bù kě shuò jí uncountable set (math.)
數集 bù kě shuò jí uncountable set (math.)
枚举 bù kě méi jǔ innumerable (idiom)
枚舉 bù kě méi jǔ innumerable (idiom)
知论 bù kě zhī lùn agnosticism, the philosophical doctrine that some questions about the universe are in principle unanswerable
知論 bù kě zhī lùn agnosticism, the philosophical doctrine that some questions about the universe are in principle unanswerable
磨滅 bù kě mó miè indelible
端倪 bù kě duān ní impossible to get even an outline (idiom); unfathomable; not a clue
終日 bù kě zhōng rì to be unable to carry on even for a single day; to be in a desperate situation
缺少 bù kě quē shǎo indispensable
置信 bù kě zhì xìn unbelievable; incredible
能 bù kě néng impossible; cannot; not able
解 bù kě jiě insoluble (i.e. impossible to solve)
言喻 bù kě yán yù inexpressible (idiom)
逆 bù kě nì irreversible
逆轉 bù kě nì zhuǎn irreversible
通约 bù kě tōng yuē having no common measure; incommensurable; incommensurate
通約 bù kě tōng yuē having no common measure; incommensurable; incommensurate
避 bù kě bì unavoidable
開交 bù kě kāi jiāo to be awfully (busy etc)
靠 bù kě kào unreliable
乏善陈 fá shàn kě chén to be nothing to write home about (idiom)
乏善陳 fá shàn kě chén to be nothing to write home about (idiom)
人不貌相 rén bù kě mào xiàng you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom); you can't judge a book by its cover; often in combination 人不可貌相,海水不可斗量[ren2 bu4 ke3 mao4 xiang4 , hai3 shui3 bu4 ke3 dou3 liang2]