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  • 1

    adj.possible; probable; can; may

    • zuó tiān tā bù kě néng jiàn dào wǒ

      昨天可能

      He could not have seen me yesterday.

    • zhè bù kě néng

      可能

      This is impossible.

    • rú guǒ kě néng de huà wǒ xiàn zài jiù xiǎng zǒu

      如果可能的话现在

      If possible, I want to go now.

    • kě néng de jié guǒ

      可能结果

      possible outcome

  • 2

    adv.probably; possibly; perhaps; maybe; might

    • tā kě néng zài jiào shì

      可能教室

      Maybe he is in the classroom.

    • tā jīn tiān kě néng huì zài lái

      今天可能

      Maybe she'll come again today.

    • tiān yīn le kě néng yào xià yǔ le

      可能下雨

      It's cloudly. It will probably rain.

    • tā kě néng wǎn dào yī huì r

      可能一会儿

      He is likely to arrive a bit late.

  • 3

    n.possibility; probability

    • yǒu kě néng wǒ men cuò le

      可能我们

      There is the possibility that we were wrong.

    • jiǎ duì méi huò shèng de kě néng

      获胜可能

      Team A has no chance of winning.

  • 4

    v.probably can (be done); possibly may (be accomplished)

    • zhè jiàn shì qing wǒ bì xū zuò hǎo yě kě néng zuò hǎo

      事情必须做好可能做好

      We must do a good job of it, and we probably can.

Word usage

  • "可能" is often matched with measure word "个"or"种".
    • 可能

      one possible

    • 可能

      one kind of possibility