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可能

kěnéng

Novice Level 1 ★ Core word
Auxiliary verbNoun

可能 (kěnéng) is a Chinese word meaning “might (happen)”. It sits at TOCFL Level 1 (CEFR Novice) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. might (happen)
  2. possible
  3. probable
  4. possibility
  5. probability
  6. maybe
  7. perhaps

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Example

他可能不來。

He might not come.

Related words at this level

九就咖啡看可以塊來老

Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).