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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在 zài 贝尔法斯特 Bèi ěr fǎ sī tè 校园 xiào yuán 的 de 学生 xuésheng 可以 kěyǐ 使用 shǐyòng 极 jí 好 hǎo 的 de 体育 tǐyù 设施 shèshī .

Students at the Belfast campus have access to excellent sports facilities.

桉树 ān shù 油 yóu 可以 kěyǐ 很 hěn 好 hǎo 地 de 缓解 huǎnjiě 肌肉 jīròu 的 de 疼痛 téng tòng .

Eucalyptus oil is good for easing muscular aches and pains.

在 zài 一 yī 定 dìng 条件 tiáojiàn 下 xià , 一件坏事 huài shì 可以 kěyǐ 导致 dǎozhì 好 hǎo 的 de 结果 jiēguǒ .

In given conditions, a bad thing can lead to good results.

你 nǐ 可以 kěyǐ 相信 xiāngxìn 他 tā 能 Néng 把 bǎ 事 shì 办 bàn 好 hǎo .

You may depend on him to do it well.

我 wǒ 可以 kěyǐ 肯定 kěndìng 地向你 nǐ 保证 bǎozhèng ,我会照顾 zhàogu 好 hǎo 自己 zìjǐ 的 de .

I can certainly assure you I'm looking after number one all right.

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