可能
可能 in English
- might (happen) / possible / probable / possibility / probability / maybe / perhaps / CL:個|个[ge4]
Measure word
- 个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested
Stroke order
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
可
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 14 forms
能
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Bronze script 西周早期 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 14 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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Nancy不可能看过这本书。
Nancy cannot have read this book.
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三个不同的出生日期谁也不可能有。
No one can have three different birth dates.
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下周可能会结冰。
It may freeze next week.
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下周工厂可能会关。
Possibly the factory will be closed down next week.
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不可能！
It can't be!
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为什么是句子呢？。。。你们可能要问。好吧，那是因为句子更有意思。
Why sentences? …you may ask. Well, because sentences are more interesting.
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今天没有任何下雨的可能性。
There is no chance of rain today.
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他上学很可能会迟到。
He is likely to be late for school.