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可以

可以

Chinese

 
can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)
 
to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)
simp. and trad.
(可以) 		可 以

Adjective

可以

  1. passable; pretty good; not bad; alright; ok
    你休息就可以了。  ―  Nǐ xiūxi jiù kěyǐ le.  ―  If you rest a while, you'll be alright.

Verb

可以

  1. can; may
    不可以警告他。  ―  Bù kěyǐ jǐnggào tā.  ―  You can't warn him.
  2. can; to be able
    根據他的口音可以判斷出他可能來自下江地區。 [MSC, trad.]
    根据他的口音可以判断出他可能来自下江地区。 [MSC, simp.]
    Gēnjù tā de kǒuyīn kěyǐ pànduàn chū tā kěnéng láizì Xiàjiāng dìqū. [Pinyin]
    From his accent we can infer that he maybe is from the downstream area of the Yangtze River.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 可以 (“can; may”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 可、可以
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 可以
Mandarin Beijing 可以、能、能夠
Taiwan 可以、能、能夠
Cantonese Guangzhou 可以、得
Hong Kong 可以、得
Taishan 可以
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 做得
Liudui (S. Sixian) 做得、可以、使得
Hsinchu (Hailu) 做得
Dongshi (Dabu) 使得、做得
Zhuolan (Raoping) 做得
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 會用
Min Nan Quanzhou 會做、會用、會用得、會得、會得通、會通、通
Xiamen 會使、會當、會做、會做得、會用、會用得、會得、會得通、會通、通
Zhangzhou 會使、會當、會用、會用得、會得、會得通、會通、通
Taipei 會使、會當、會做得 mT、會得 mT、會得通 mT、通 mT
Kaohsiung 會用得、會使、會當
Tainan 會用得、會使、會當
Taichung 會用得、會使得
Yilan 會使、會當
Lukang 會使、會當
Sanxia 會使、會當
Kinmen 會使、會當
Magong 會使、會當
Hsinchu 會用得、會使
Note mT - mainstream Taiwan (no particular region identified)

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
可 以

Verb

可以

  1. Hán tự form of khả dĩ, “possible”

Pronunciation

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