可靠

Character by character

• 可kě5 strokesHSK 2may, can, -able; possibly
• 靠kào15 strokesHSK 2lean on, trust, depend on; near

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 你很可靠。

  Nǐ hěn kě kào

  You're reliable.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 可靠. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 可以kě yǐHSK 2

  can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good

• 可kěHSK 5

  (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very

• 可能kě néngHSK 2

  might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps

• 可是kě shìHSK 2

  but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed

• 靠kàoHSK 2

  to lean against or on; to stand by the side of; to come near to; to depend on; to trust; to fuck (vulgar); traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old)

• 可爱kě àiHSK 2

  adorable; cute; lovely

• 可怜kě liánHSK 5

  pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on

• 可怕kě pàHSK 2

  awful; dreadful; fearful; formidable; frightful; scary; hideous; horrible; terrible; terribly

• 可惜kě xīHSK 5

  it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately

• 依靠yī kàoHSK 4

  to rely on sth (for support etc); to depend on

• 靠近kào jìnHSK 5

  to be close to; to approach; to draw near

• 尽可能jǐn kě néngHSK 5

  as far as possible; to do one's utmost

• 不可思议bù kě sī yìHSK 7

  inconceivable (idiom); unimaginable; unfathomable

• 许可xǔ kěHSK 5

  to allow; to permit

• 认可rèn kěHSK 3

  to approve; approval; acknowledgment; OK

• 可笑kě xiàoHSK 7

  funny; ridiculous

• 可疑kě yíHSK 7

  suspicious; dubious

• 可乐kě lèHSK 3

  amusing; entertaining; (loanword) cola

• 许可证xǔ kě zhèngHSK 7

  license; authorization; permit

• 可恶kě wùHSK 7

  repulsive; vile; hateful; abominable

• 可行kě xíngHSK 7

  feasible

• 可悲kě bēiHSK 7

  lamentable

• 宁可nìng kěHSK 7

  preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...); would rather; (would) be better to; (to pick) the lesser of two evils

• 即可jí kěHSK 7

  equivalent to 就可以; can then (do sth); can immediately (do sth); (do sth) and that will suffice