Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.approve
不置可否
decline to comment
认可
approve
许可
permit
- 2
v.can; may
时间可化解所有忧伤。
Time heals all sorrows.
他的话不可尽信。
You cannot believe everything he says.
由此可见。
Thus it can be seen that.
牢不可破
unbreakable
antonym
- 3
conj.but; yet; however
文字虽短,内容可不错。
It's a short piece of writing, but it's meaningful in content.
我嘴里不说,心里可高兴啦。
I said nothing, but felt extremely happy inside.
她很忙,可她总会抽时间去帮助别人。
She is very busy, but she always finds time to help other people.
她个子虽然小,力气可真不小。
Although she is short, she is not weak.
synonym
- 4
v.worth (doing); need (doing)
可贵
noble
这场戏可看。
The play is worth seeing.
可钦可佩
very admirable
图书馆可看的书真多。
There are quite a lot of books worth reading in the library.
- 5
adv.fmlabout
年可二十
about 20 years of age
长可七尺
about seven chi in length
重可百斤
weigh about 100 jin
- 6
adv.(used in a declarative sentence for emphasis) so; such; very
他待人可好了,谁都喜欢她。
He treats people so well that everybody likes him.
昨天夜里的风可大了。
Last night the wind was so ferocious.
你要记着,可别忘了。
Mind you don't forget it.
每个人的干劲可足了。
Everybody is so enthusiastic.
- 7
adv.(used in a rhetorical question for emphasis) ever; actually; on earth
都这么说,可谁见过呢?
Everybody says so, but who has ever seen it?
这可让我怎么办呢?
What can I do about it?
- 8
adv.(used in a question for emphasis); really
这件事她可愿意?
Is she really willing to do it?
你可曾跟她谈过这个问题?
Have you ever talked to her about this problem?
近来可好?
How have you been doing?
她出国后可来过信?
Did she ever write after she went abroad?
- 9
v.suit; fit
这个帽子你可心吗?
Does the hat suit you?
这回倒可了她的心了。
It suited her perfectly this time.
- 10
go as far as possible
可着钱花
spend within one's budget
Words and phrases with 可
- 可疑[word]suspicious
- 可操作[word]operable
- 可能性[word]possibility
- 可不是[word]same as 可不
- 可悲[word]lamentable
- 可恶[word]detestable
- 可恨[word]hateful
- 可以[word]be worth; passable
- 可见[word]to be visible; visible
- 可想而知[idiom]one can well imagine
- 可喜可贺[idiom]It's really gratifying that...
- 可怜巴巴[idiom]pitiable; few
- 可乘之机[idiom]chance to take advantage of
- 可圈可点[idiom]laudable
- 可有可无[idiom]not indispensable
- 可歌可泣[idiom]move one to song and tears