可
kě
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able
to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very; but; however
这道题你可以自己做吗？
zhè dào tí nǐ kě yǐ zì jǐ zuò ma？
Can you do this problem on your own?
他说不来，可我还是等了他很久。
tā shuō bù lái，kě wǒ hái shi děng le tā hěn jiǔ。
He said he wasn't coming, but I still waited for him a long time.
Words with 可
可乐
kě lè
amusing
可有可无
kě yǒu kě wú
not essential
可能性
kě néng xìng
possibility; probability
可圈可点
kě quān kě diǎn
remarkable (performance, achievement etc)
忍无可忍
rěn wú kě rěn
more than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one's patience
可逆性
kě nì xìng
reversibility
宁可
nìng kě
preferably
炙手可热
zhì shǒu kě rè
lit. burn your hand, feel the heat (idiom)
可以
kě yǐ
can
可能
kě néng
might (happen)
可悲
kě bēi
lamentable
不可知论
bù kě zhī lùn
agnosticism, the philosophical doctrine that some questions about the universe are in principle unanswerable