可以 kěyǐ

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Traditional form

可以 kěyǐ

Part of speech

Conjunction / 连词 lián cí Lián cí

可 kě

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

The right component is a pictograph of an axe handle, now written as 柯 kē (kē). 口 kǒu (mouth) was added later to indicate that the character is only "mouthed", i.e. only used for its phonetic value.

Phonetic compound

口 kǒu

Semantic compound

丁 Dīng

Positional decomposition

⿻丁口

Number of Strokes

以 yǐ

Explanation

Origin unclear. The right component is 人 rén (person).

Positional decomposition

⿰？人 rén

Number of Strokes

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当 dāng 所有 suǒyǒu 的 de 庄稼 zhuāngjia 都 dōu 安全 ānquán 入仓后 Hòu , 农民 nóngmín 们 men 便 biàn 可以 kěyǐ 休息 xiūxi 了 le .

When all the crops are safely gathered in, the farmers can rest.

我 wǒ 还 Huán 饿 è ,我 wǒ 可以 kěyǐ 再 zài 要 yāo 些 xiē 布丁 bù dīng 吗 mǎ ?

I'm still hungry - can I have some more pudding?

嗨 hāi ,有 yǒu 了 le 这些 zhè xiē 钱 Qián , 他 tā 可以 kěyǐ 安安静静地 de 和 hé 嘉莉生活 shēnghuó 很多年 Nián .

Why, he could live quietly with Carrie for years.

冰层已 yǐ 够 gòu 坚 jiān 厚 hòu ,可以 kěyǐ 滑冰 huá bīng .

The ice is hard enough to skate on.

你 nǐ 可以 kěyǐ 尝尝这道咖喱 gā lí 菜 cài ,看看 kàn kan 够 gòu 不够 bù gòu 辣 là .

You can taste the curry to see if it's hot enough.

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 可以 kěyǐ and their own compounds.

可 kě

丁 Dīng

一 yī , 亅 jué

口 kǒu

以 yǐ

人 rén , 厶 sī

See all 89 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 可以 kěyǐ in their composition.

可 kě

何 Hé

荷 hé

嗬 hē

哥 gē

歌 gē , 鎶, 彁, 戨, 滒, 謌

奇 jī

猗 yī

漪 yī

骑 jì , 寄 jì , 椅 yǐ , 崎 qí , 畸 jī , 琦 qí , 倚 yǐ , 绮 qǐ , 犄 jī , 埼 qí , 旖 yǐ , 剞 jī , 掎 jǐ , 攲 qī , 敧 qǐ , 欹 yī , 觭 jī , 踦 jǐ , 锜 qí , 齮 yǐ , 婍, 徛, 旑, 渏, 碕, 綺 qǐ , 裿, 躸, 輢, 錡, 陭, 騎 qí , 鵸

阿 Ā

啊 ā , 婀 ē , 锕 ā , 屙 ē , 娿, 痾 kē , 錒 ā

河 hé

菏 hé

柯 kē , 呵 ā , 苛 kē , 坷 kě , 珂 kē , 诃 hē , 蚵 hé , 哿 gě , 妸 ē , 岢 kě , 牁 kē , 疴 kē , 砢 luǒ , 舸 gě , 轲 kē , 钶 ē , 抲, 炣, 牱, 竒, 笴, 胢, 袔, 訶 hē , 跒, 軻 kē , 酠, 鈳, 閜, 魺, 鲄, 鴚