可能

可能 kěnéng in a sentence

Possible (likely - maybe)

Full dictionary entry HSK 2 4 sentences

可能 (kěnéng) means Possible (likely - maybe). Below are 4 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

明天 可能 下雨。

Míngtiān kěnéng xià yǔ.

It might rain tomorrow.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 可能

可能 已经走了。

Tā kěnéng yǐjing zǒu le.

He may have already left.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 可能

天阴了, 可能 要下雨。

Tiān yīn le, kěnéng yào xià yǔ.

The sky has clouded over; it may rain.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 ·

From the graded readers

我把 可能 被问到的问题都写了下来。

wǒ bǎ kěnéng bèi wèn dào de / dì wèntí dōu xiěle xialai.

I'd written down every question I might be asked.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview

Questions about 可能

How is 可能 used in a sentence?

This page shows 4 sentences using 可能 (kěnéng, "Possible (likely - maybe)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 可能 an HSK word?

Yes — 可能 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 可能?

The dictionary page for 可能 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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