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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

可 [kě]
  1. 1. verb [同意] approve
    认可
    approve
  2. 2. verb [适合] suit
    可心
    satisfying
  3. 3. aux vb [可以] can
    对我来说，房子可大可小。
    As far as I'm concerned, the house can be big or small.
    参考书不可带出去。
    The reference sources can't be taken out.
  4. 4. aux vb [值得]
    没什么可担心的。
    There's no need to worry.
    没有什么可抱怨的。
    There's nothing to complain about.
    展览的确可看。
    The exhibition is really worth seeing.
  5. 5. conjunction [值得] but
    不让他去，可他还是去了。
    I didn't give him permission to go, but he went anyway.
  6. 6. adverb [表示强调] very
  7. 7. adverb [加强反问]
    可不是嘛！
    Absolutely!
    这个建议好是好，可谁愿意去做呢？
    The proposal is great but who's actually going to implement it?
  8. 8. adverb [加强疑问]
    这件事他可知道？
    Did he ever know about this?
    这书你可看过？
    Have you read this book before?

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

可 [kě]
  1. 1. verb approve
    许可
    permit; allow
    认可
    approve
  2. 2. verb can; may
    这篇文章可长可短，你看着办吧。
    You can make this article either long or short, as you see fit.
    这篇报道你随便写写即可。
  3. 3. verb need (doing); be worth (doing)
    没有什么可担心的。
    There is nothing to worry about.
    不骗你，这出戏可看。
  4. 4. verb fit; suit
    可心
    satisfying; to the satisfaction (or liking) of
    可口
    good to eat; nice; tasty; palatable
  5. 5. conjunction but; yet; however
    文字虽短，可内容不错。
    It's a short piece of writing, but it's meaningful in content.
    我嘴里不说，心里可高兴极啦。
    I said nothing, but felt extremely happy inside.
    他表面老实，可却在暗地里搞鬼。
    今天算捱过去了，可明天怎么办？
  6. 6. adverb [verbal] used for emphasis
    他可没说过这话。
    He never said that.
    我跑得可不快。
    I'm by no means a fast runner.
    他汉语说得可好啦!
    He speaks excellent Chinese.
    你可不许再对人撒谎了。
    她待人可好了。
    大家的干劲可足了。
    海边的风可大了。
  7. 7. adverb used in a rhetorical question for emphasis
    都这么说，可谁见过呢?
    So they say, but who has ever actually seen it?

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

可 [kě]
  1. 1. 动 表示同意
    许可
    认可
    不置可否。
  2. 2. 动 用在动词或形容词前面,表示许可或可能
    不可忽视
    可望成功
    可去可不去
    可大可小。
  3. 3. 动 可以；值得；应该
    北京可游览的地方不少
    可爱
    可耻
    可恨
    可歌可泣。
  4. 4. 副 a)用于反问句,加强反问语气
    这么大的地方，可上哪儿找去呢？
  5. 5. b)用于疑问句，表示询问
    您近来可好？
    他可曾去过广州？
  6. 6. c)用于一般陈述句，表示强调
    别问我，我可不知道
    这一下可把他难住了。
  7. 7. d)用于感叹句，加强语气
    这担子可不轻啊！
    可把他累坏了！
    你可开口了，真不容易！
  8. 8. e)用于祈使句，强调必须如何，有时有劝导的意味
    你可要常给家里来信啊！
    路上可得小心！
  9. 9. 连 连接分句,表示转折关系,相当于"可是"
    话虽不多,可分量很重
    我倒无所谓,可别人不愿意。
  10. 10. 副 [文] 用在数词前,表示约计,相当于"大约"
    年可二十
    长可八尺。
  11. 11. 动 适合
    这样才可了他的心
    可口
    可人
    可意
    可体。
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Examples

老王干活可较真儿啦，你可别马马虎虎的。
Lao Wang is very serious with work, so don't be lackadaisical. → 较真
他可着劲儿猛跑, 可还是没有跑出好成绩。
He ran at top speed, but didn't get a good result. → 可着
水可载舟，亦可覆舟。 → 覆舟
这些菜既可下酒，又可就饭。 → 就饭
练武术既可健身,又可防身 → 防身
我连去都没去，这个罪名可安不到我的头上。
I wasn't even there.There's no way to put the blame on me. → 安
有原文可按。
There's the original to refer to. → 按
这个人傲得很，可不好接近了。
That fellow is extremely haughty and standoffish. → 傲
她可傲气了。
She's very haughty. → 傲气
论庄稼活，他可真是个好把势。
He's a highly skilled farmer. → 把势
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The adverb show mood

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An adverb is used to modify the adjective or verb as an adverbial adjunct, it should be put before them. Verbs or even nouns ending with character "地" and functioning as adverbs remain to be regarded as adjectives. Some adverbs can show mood of the sentenceas, such as "可", "幸亏", "多亏", "难道"， "何尝"，"居然", "究竟", "到底", "偏偏", "索性", "简直", "反正", "却", "倒", "也许", "大约", "好在", "差点儿", "果真", "敢情", "明明", "果然",and so on.

e.g. (1)你可真厉害啊！ （2）幸亏我没去。 （3）多亏有你在。 （4）难道是我的错？ （5)他们想家，其实我又何尝不是呢？ （6）他今天居然没来。 （7）他们究竟有什么企图？ （8）你什么时候来不好，偏偏这时候来。（8）都这么晚了，他也许不会来了。 （9）说了半天，敢情你什么也没听进去啊？

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