可以
Chinese
can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis) |
to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.) | ||
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trad. (可以) | 可 | 以 | |
simp. #(可以) | 可 | 以 |
Etymology
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Pronunciation
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Verb
可以
- can; may
- 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.]
- From: (deprecated template usage) 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.
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.]
- can; to be able
- (literary) 可 (“may”) + 以 (“by; by means of; according to”) (usually with ellipsed 之 (zhī, “this”)); can be used to ...
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 可以 (“can; may”) [map]
Related terms
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) 可以
Derived terms
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Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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可 | 以 |
Verb
可以
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