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- (prefix) can; may; able to; -able
- to approve; to permit
- to suit
- (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very
- but; however
- pleasant
- agreeable
- a person after one's heart (charming person)
- a gifted person
- awful
- dreadful
- fearful
- formidable
- frightful
- scary
- hideous
- horrible
- terrible
- terribly
- equivalent to 就可以
- can then (do sth)
- can immediately (do sth)
- (do sth) and that will suffice
- might (happen)
- possible
- probable
- possibility
- probability
- maybe
- perhaps
- CL:個|个[ge4]
Trad. 寧可
- preferably
- one would prefer to...(or not to...)
- would rather
- (would) be better to
- (to pick) the lesser of two evils
Trad. 可見
- it can clearly be seen (that this is the case)
- it is (thus) clear
- clear
- visible
Trad. 可讀
- enjoyable to read; worth reading; readable
- able to be read; legible; readable
Trad. 可尋址
- addressable (computing)
- accessible via an address
Trad. 竺可楨
- Zhu Kezhen (1890-1974), Chinese metereologist and geologist
Trad. 裝可愛
- to act cute
- putting on adorable airs
- to pretend to be lovely
Trad. 可採性
- (mining) workability (of deposits of coal, ore etc)
- (electronics) silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR); thyristor
Trad. 儘可能
- as far as possible; to the best of one's ability
Trad. 可知論
- gnosticism, the philosophical doctrine that everything about the universe is knowable
Trad. 滿地可
- Montreal (chiefly used in Hong Kong and the Chinese community in Canada) (from Cantonese 滿地可|满地可 Mun5 dei6 ho2)
Trad. 無事可做
- to have nothing to do
- to have time on one's hands
Trad. 油光可鑒
- lit. oily and shiny to the point of reflecting (idiom)
- lustrous
- to have a promising future
- to have bright prospects
Trad. 後生可畏
- the young will be redoubtable in the years to come (idiom)
- the younger generations will surpass us in time
Trad. 勇氣可嘉
- to deserve praise for one's courage (idiom)
Trad. 生無可戀
- (Internet slang) nothing left to live for
Trad. 言不可傳
- impossible to put into words
- inexpressible
- (idiom) this young person is worth teaching (used to praise sb as promising or capable of being taught)
Trad. 可乘之機
- (idiom) an opportunity that someone (usually a villain or adversary) can exploit
- not a single one is dispensable
- can't do without either
- unable to restrain one's anger (idiom); in a towering rage
Trad. 臭不可聞
- (idiom) to stink to high heaven
- (fig.) (idiom) disgraceful; disgusting
Trad. 可共患難
- to go through thick and thin together (idiom)