可能
kě néng 3–2
might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps
- Characters
- 2
- 可 · 能
- Syllables
- 2
- kě néng
- Frequency
- Very common
- corpus count 127
Part of speech: v,n
Character by character
- 可kě5 strokesHSK 2may, can, -able; possibly
- 能néng10 strokesHSK 1to be able; can, permitted to; ability
Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.
Example sentences
不可能！
Bù kě néng
It can't be!
这不可能。
Zhè bù kě néng
That's impossible.
不可能的。
Bù kě néng de
That can't be it.
Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.
Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 可能. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 能néngHSK 1
can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy
- 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
- 可是kě shìHSK 2
but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
- 能够néng gòuHSK 2
to be capable of; to be able to; can
- 能力néng lìHSK 3
capability; ability
- 可爱kě àiHSK 2
adorable; cute; lovely
- 只能zhǐ néngHSK 2
can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice
- 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
- 功能gōng néngHSK 3
function; capability
- 能否néng fǒuHSK 6
whether or not; can it or can't it; is it possible?
- 能量néng liàngHSK 5
energy; capabilities
- 能不能néng bùnéngHSK 3
Can you
- 才能cái néngHSK 3
talent; ability; capacity
- 能源néng yuánHSK 7
energy; power source
- 可靠kě kàoHSK 3
reliable
- 尽可能jǐn kě néngHSK 5
as far as possible; to do one's utmost
- 技能jì néngHSK 5
technical ability; skill
- 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