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可以
可以
Chinese
can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)
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to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)
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simp. and trad. (可以) |
可 | 以 | |
Adjective
可以
Verb
可以
- can; may
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- 這人來，為要作見證，就是為光作見證，叫眾人因他可以信。 [MSC, trad.]
- 这人来，为要作见证，就是为光作见证，叫众人因他可以信。 [MSC, simp.]
- From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 約翰福音 (John) 1:7
- Zhè rén lái, wèi yào zuò jiànzhèng, jiùshì wèi guāng zuò jiànzhèng, jiào zhòngrén yīn tā kěyǐ xìn. [Pinyin]
- The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
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- can; to be able
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 可以 (“can; may”) | ||
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| 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) | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ho2 ji5
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khó-yî
- Min Nan (POJ): khó-í
- Wu (Wiktionary): khu i (T2)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄧˇ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keeyii
- IPA (key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ho2 ji5
- Yale: hó yíh
- Cantonese Pinyin: ho2 ji5
- IPA (key): /hɔː³⁵ jiː¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khó-yî
- Hakka Romanization System: ko` i´
- Hagfa Pinyim: ko3 yi1
- IPA: /kʰo³¹ i²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khó-yî
- Hakka Romanization System: ko` (r)i´
- Hagfa Pinyim: ko3 yi1
- IPA: /kʰo³¹ (j)i²⁴/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-í
- Tâi-lô: khó-í
- Phofsit Daibuun: qoyie
- IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɤ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɤ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ i⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɤ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ i⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: khu i (T2)
- IPA (key): /kʰv̩ʷ³³ i⁴⁴/
- (Shanghainese)