| 可 | 441B00 31.00 | 部居  | 畫數 5 | ㄎㄜˇ [ke3] | ||
| Aux.vb. | (1) May can: 不可，不可以 may not, must not (vern. usu. 可以 see [ke3yi3]↓): 可想而知 you can imagine; 可有可無 may or may not be needed; 無可無不可 (of Confu.) may or may not do a thing (keep an open mind); 可大可小 flexible; 可進可退 be free to go forward or back out; 可望而不可即 may see at a distance, but may not approach (of inaccessible person); 可遇而不可求 may come by (s.t.) with luck, but not by searching for it. (2) Expressing doubt, conjecture, question: 你可好 are you well? 這下子他可好了 he must be well by now; 你可知道 do you know? you should know that; 可曾 do you ever: 你可曾聽到（看到，想到） have you heard (seen, thought)? (3) Expressing a statement, opinion or point of view (usu. 可不， different from 不可): 那我可不答應 I will not permit that; 時間可不早了 it's late; 可不是嗎 isn't it so? 可把我累死了 the work will kill me (too exhausting); 你可不是一個好人 I don't think you are an honest person; 這個人可不好惹 this person is not easy to handle. | |||||
| V.i. | (LL) 可也 this will do, (you) may; 不知其可也 don't see how this will do; formerly, in official documents, “okay”. | |||||
| Adj. | Forming many adjj. with vbb. or nn.＝-ible, -able: 可行 practicable, permissible; 可吃，可食 edible; 可觀 [ke3guan1], 可愛 [ke3ai4], 可人 [ke3ren2], 可惡 [ke3wu4], 可恥 [ke3chi3]↓; 可教 tractable, promising: 孺子可教 (approval) the young man is worthy to be taught; 面目可憎 a hateful face; 其志可嘉 has laudable ambition; 笑容可掬 with a charming smile; 可恨 regrettable, hateful; 可惱 annoying, irritating; 可氣 provoking (anger); 可敬 worthy of respect; 可嘆 regrettable; see compp.↓. | |||||
| Adv. | (1) About: 年可八十 about eighty years of age; 飲可五六斗 can drink five or six gallons. (2) How (in negative sense): 可堪，可奈 how can one endure (＝ cannot endure). | |||||
| Conj. | But, see 可是 [ke3shi4]↓. | |||||
| Words | 1. 可愛 [ke3ai4], adj., lovable, likeable, darling. 2. 可恥 [ke2chi3], adj., shameful. 3. 可兒 [ke3er2], adj., charming, pretty (used more of pretty girl than of a lady), also 可人兒. 4. 可風 [ke3feng1], adj., exemplary, worthy as an example: 廉潔可風 exemplary honesty. 5. 可否 [ke2fou3], aux. vb., can you or can't you? 可否答應 will you promise? 可否一同走 can I go with you? 未知可否 do not know the outcome yet; 不加可否 refuse to comment. 6. 可怪 [ke3guai4], adj., shocking, singular, stranger; phr., it is strange that: 可怪他不留一句話 it is strange that he did not leave a word. 7. 可觀 [ke3guan1], adj., (1) worth seeing; (2) sizable: 這數字也就很可觀了 will be quite a respectable sum. 8. 可著 [ke3zhe0], phr., (1) according to: 可著頭做帽子 make a hat according to head size; (2) in all: 可著這一屋子的人，也沒有像他那麼難看 there is not so ugly in all the company present. 9. 可加 [ke3jia1], n., (bot.) coca; from which cocaine is made, see [ke2kou3]↓. 10. 可見 [ke3jian4], phr., one can see therefore: 可見是他 one can see therefore it is he; 可見他從頭就不打算來 you see he never meant to come. 11. 可知 [ke3zhi1], phr., (1) it must be true then, one can thus see: 他帽子還在這裡，可知他還沒走 his hat is still here, evidently he has not gone yet; (2) (MC) naturally: 可知你聽不見 of course you cannot hear (him coming), see [ke3jian4]↑. 12. 可靠 [ke3kao4], adj., reliable, dependable, accurate (report). 13. 可可 [ke2ke3], n., (1) cocoa, a drink; (2) adv., 可可（兒）的 just: 可可兒的正要出門 (I met him) just as he was leaving. 14. 可口（兒） [ke2kou3]([er0]), adj., tasty, good to eat; 可口可樂 [ke2kou3ke3le4], n., Coca-Cola. 15. 可蘭經 [ke3lan2jing1], n., the Koran. 16. 可憐 [ke3lian2], (1) adj., small and helpless, very endearing, pitiful: 可憐的很，怪可憐 very pitiful; (2) v.t, be merciful to (person): 可憐我 please have mercy on me; 可憐蟲 pitiful creature. 17. 可能 [ke3neng2], adj. & n., (1) possible, possibility: 有這個可能 there is this possibility; (2) (MC) ＝可耐（無奈)：我未成名君未嫁，可能俱是不如人 I am yet unknown and you are unmarried, unfortunately our lot is so wretched; 可能性 [ke3neng2xing4], n., possibility: 可能性很大 there's great possibility. 18. 可念 [ke3nian4], adj., (1) worth remembering; (2) (MC) ＝可憐 pitiful. 19. 可怕 [ke3pa4], adj., horrible, terrible (event, person, look, etc.). 20. 可燃性 [ke3ran2xing4], n., combustibility. 21. 可人 [ke3ren2], adj., (of flavor) charming, agreeable; (of person) charming, sympatico: 始信潚明是可人 one sees what a charming character Taur Yuanmirng was. 22. 可笑 [ke3xiao4], adj., laughable, ridiculous. 23. 可惜 [ke3xi2], adj. & adv., unfortunately: 可惜我不能來 unfortunately (it's a pity) I cannot come; 可惜了兒的 what a pity! 24. 可是 [ke3shi4], (1) v.i., be indeed, be (emphatic): 你那樣可是真糟 you are simply awful; (2) conj., but: 他雖做不好，可是已盡力了 it's not very well done, but he has done his best; (3) (in questions) is that right? 我說的可是 is what I say right? 25. 可憎才 [ke3zeng1cai2], n., (MC) lover (“hateful person”used in reverse meaning, like 冤家 “predestined enemy”). 26. 可惡 [ke3wu4], adj., wicked, damned, rotten (used in condemnation). 27. 可厭 [ke3yan4], adj., disgusting (person, talk, etc.). 28. 可以 [ke2yi3], (1) aux. vb., may, can (esp. in vern.): 你可以去，他不可以 you may go, but he may not; 可以這樣說 one may say so; (2) v.i. & adj., will do, good or bad enough: 這孩子鬧得真可以 this child has made enough fuss; 可以休矣 enough of it, time to stop; 畫的真可以 painted pretty well; 可以了 that will do. 29. 可疑 [ke3yi2], adj., suspicious (character, circumstance). | |||||