可 kě (prefix) can / may / able to / -able / to approve / to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly / very / but / however syn 小小 xiǎo xiǎo very small / very few / very minor syn 经得起 經得起 jīng de qǐ to be able to withstand / to be able to endure syn 吃得消 chī de xiāo to be able to endure (exertion, fatigue etc) / to be able to afford syn 半劳动力 半勞動力 bàn láo dòng lì one able to do light manual labor only / semi-able-bodied or part time (farm) worker syn 吃得住 chī de zhù to be able to bear / to be able to support syn 放得下 fàng de xià to be able to put (sth) down / to have room for / to be able to accommodate 赶得及 趕得及 gǎn dé jí there is still time (to do sth) / to be able to do sth in time / to be able to make it syn 不为酒困 不為酒困 bù wéi jiǔ kùn not a slave to the bottle / able to enjoy alcohol in moderation / able to hold one's drink 亮眼人 liàng yǎn rén (term used by the blind) sighted person / person with eyesight / perceptive person / observant person syn 死顽固 死頑固 sǐ wán gù very stubborn / very stubborn person / die-hard syn 称职 稱職 chèn zhí well qualified / competent / to be equal to the task / able to do sth very well 老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 人瑞 rén ruì very old person / venerable old person 伯乐 伯樂 bó lè Bole (a man who lived during Spring and Autumn Period, reputed to be able to spot a good horse) / a person who is good at spotting talent 栋梁 棟梁 dòng liáng ridgepole / ridgepole and beams / person able to bear heavy responsibility / mainstay (of organization) / pillar (of state) syn 人杰 人傑 rén jié outstanding talent / wise and able person / illustrious individual syn 良材 liáng cái good timber / sound material / fig. able person / sound chap 硬 yìng hard / stiff / solid / (fig.) strong / firm / resolutely / uncompromisingly / laboriously / with great difficulty / good (quality) / able (person) / (of food) filling / substantial syn 梁木 liáng mù beam / rafter / lintel / person able to bear heavy responsibility / mainstay (of organization) / pillar (of state) 人头 人頭 rén tóu person / number of people / (per) capita / (a person's) head / (Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account) syn 人称 人稱 rén chēng person (first person, second person etc in grammar) / called / known as 可人 kě rén pleasant / agreeable / a person after one's heart (charming person) / a gifted person syn 伊 yī (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she") / second person singular pronoun ("you") / (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she") / (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning / (preceding a noun) that syn 羲皇上人 xī huáng shàng rén lit. a person before the legendary emperor Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2 Xi1] / person from ages immemorial / fig. untroubled person 可儿 可兒 kě ér a person after one's heart (charming person) / capable person 好人 hǎo rén good person / healthy person / person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle syn 路人甲 lù rén jiǎ ordinary person A / generic person / some random person 很多 hěn duō very many / very much / great (quantity) syn 极少 極少 jí shǎo very little / very few 咫尺 zhǐ chǐ (literary) very close / very near syn 甚微 shèn wēi very small / very little / scant / minimal syn 煞有介事 shà yǒu jiè shì to make a show of being very much in earnest (idiom) / to act as if one is taking things very seriously syn 良 liáng good / very / very much syn 毕肖 畢肖 bì xiào to resemble closely / to be the very image of / to look very much like / to be the spitting image of 少之又少 shǎo zhī yòu shǎo very few / very little 本小利微 běn xiǎo lì wēi (of a small business) to have very little capital and very modest profits 山响 山響 shān xiǎng very loud / very noisy 厉害 厲害 lì hai (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible / intense / severe / devastating / amazing / awesome / outstanding / (of a person) stern / strict / harsh / shrewd / tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent syn 大牌 dà pái strong card / honor card (card games) / very popular or successful person / self-important 大款 dà kuǎn very wealthy person syn 缠绵悱恻 纏綿悱惻 chán mián fěi cè (of a person) sad beyond words (idiom) / (of music, literature etc) poignant / very sentimental syn 大器 dà qì very capable person / precious object syn 大忙人 dà máng rén busy bee / very busy person 可以 kě yǐ can / may / possible / able to / not bad / pretty good syn 不会 不會 bù huì improbable / unlikely / will not (act, happen etc) / not able / not having learned to do sth / (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it / not at all syn 能够 能夠 néng gòu to be capable of / to be able to / can syn 过来 過來 guò lái to come over / to manage / to handle / to be able to take care of syn 不可能 bù kě néng impossible / cannot / not able 智能 zhì néng intelligent / able / smart (phone, system, bomb etc) 将会 將會 jiāng huì auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to) / will (cause) / should (enable) / going to 具备 具備 jù bèi to possess / to have / equipped with / able to fulfill (conditions or requirements) syn 会不会 會不會 huì bù huì (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot? / is able to or not 得以 dé yǐ able to / so that sb can / enabling / in order to / finally in a position to / with sth in view syn 纵横 縱橫 zòng héng lit. warp and weft in weaving / vertically and horizontal / length and breadth / criss-crossed / able to move unhindered / abbr. for 合縱連橫|合纵连横[He2 zong4 Lian2 heng2], School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) syn 有能力 yǒu néng lì able 利器 lì qì sharp weapon / effective implement / outstandingly able individual 得力 dé lì able / capable / competent / efficient syn 看不清 kàn bu qīng not able to see clearly 识字 識字 shí zì to learn to read / able to read / literate 跟不上 gēn bu shàng not able to keep up with 听不见 聽不見 tīng bu jiàn not be able to hear 应运而生 應運而生 yìng yùn ér shēng to emerge to meet a historic destiny (idiom) / to arise at an opportune time / able to take advantage of an opportunity / to rise to the occasion syn 劳力 勞力 láo lì labor / able-bodied worker / laborer / work force syn 用得着 用得著 yòng de zháo to be able to use / useable / to have a use for / (in a question) to be necessary to 女强人 女強人 nǚ qiáng rén successful career woman / able woman syn 两栖 兩棲 liǎng qī amphibious / dual-talented / able to work in two different lines syn 上口 shàng kǒu to be able to read aloud fluently / to be suitable (easy enough) for reading aloud syn 能 néng can / to be able to / might possibly / ability / (physics) energy syn 壮年 壯年 zhuàng nián lit. robust years / prime of life / summer / able-bodied (fit for military service) / mature (talent, garden etc) syn 顶天立地 頂天立地 dǐng tiān lì dì lit. able to support both heaven and earth / of indomitable spirit (idiom) syn 耐看 nài kàn able to withstand careful appreciation / well worth a second look 认字 認字 rèn zì to learn to read / able to read / literate 急中生智 jí zhōng shēng zhì quick witted in an emergency / able to react resourcefully syn 壮丁 壯丁 zhuàng dīng able-bodied man (capable of fighting in a war) syn 不克 bù kè cannot / to not be able (to) / to be unable to 够格 夠格 gòu gé able to pass muster / qualified / apt / presentable syn 贤良 賢良 xián liáng (of a man) able and virtuous syn 博学多才 博學多才 bó xué duō cái erudite and multitalented (idiom) / versatile and able syn 贫下中农 貧下中農 pín xià zhōng nóng (category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle peasants) 鞭长莫及 鞭長莫及 biān cháng mò jí lit. the whip cannot reach (idiom) / beyond one's influence / too far to be able to help syn 急智 jí zhì quick witted / able to think fast in an emergency syn 耐劳 耐勞 nài láo hardy / able to resist hardship 易 yì easy / amiable / to change / to exchange / prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible" syn 胜 勝 shèng victory / success / to beat / to defeat / to surpass / victorious / superior to / to get the better of / better than / surpassing / superb (of vista) / beautiful (scenery) / wonderful (view) / (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear / equal to (a task) syn 罩 zhào to cover / to spread over / a cover / a shade / a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect / to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome / incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4de2zhu4]) to have things under control / to be able to handle it syn 任贤使能 任賢使能 rèn xián shǐ néng to appoint the virtuous and use the able (idiom) / appointment on the basis of ability and integrity 只见树木不见森林 只見樹木不見森林 zhǐ jiàn shù mù bù jiàn sēn lín unable to see the wood for the trees / fig. only able to see isolated details, and not the bigger picture 妒能害贤 妒能害賢 dù néng hài xián jealous of the able, envious of the clever (idiom) 对答如流 對答如流 duì dá rú liú able to reply quickly and fluently (idiom) / having a ready answer syn 灿若繁星 燦若繁星 càn ruò fán xīng bright as a multitude of stars (idiom) / extremely able talent 积不相能 積不相能 jī bù xiāng néng (idiom) always at loggerheads / never able to agree with sb / unable to get on with sb syn 精明能干 精明能幹 jīng míng néng gàn able and efficient syn 两肋插刀 兩肋插刀 liǎng lèi chā dāo lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom) / fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it 决胜千里 決勝千里 jué shèng qiān lǐ to be able to plan victory from a thousand miles away (idiom) 敳 敱 ái able (in administrating) / to govern forcefully 贔 bì able to support great weight 力足以做 lì zú yǐ zuò afford / able to 心眼大 xīn yǎn dà magnanimous / considerate / thoughtful / able to think of everything that needs to be thought of 