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Adjective [Chinese]

IPA: /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /kʰo⁵³ nən²¹/ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /hɔː³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /hᵘɔ⁵⁵ ⁿdaŋ²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA, Taicheng, Taishanese], /kʰo³¹ nen¹¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /kʰo³¹ nɛn¹¹/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /kʰo³³⁻²¹ nˡɛiŋ⁵³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei, Xiamen], /kʰo⁴²⁻²⁴ leŋ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Singapore], /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²⁴/ [Hokkien, Jinjiang, Philippines, Quanzhou], /kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ neŋ⁵⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/, /kʰo⁵³ nən²¹/, /hɔː³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/, /hᵘɔ⁵⁵ ⁿdaŋ²²/, /kʰo³¹ nen¹¹/, /kʰo³¹ nɛn¹¹/, /kʰo³³⁻²¹ nˡɛiŋ⁵³/, /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³/, /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/, /kʰo⁴²⁻²⁴ leŋ²⁴/, /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²³/, /kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²⁴/, /kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/, /kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ neŋ⁵⁵/, /kʰu³³ nən⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: kěnéng [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], ko³ nen² [Chengdu, Mandarin, Pinyin, Sichuanese], ho² nang⁴ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], ho² nang³ [Cantonese, Taishan, Wiktionary-specific], khó-nèn [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], ko³ nên² [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], kō̤-nèng, khó-lêng [Hokkien, POJ], khóⁿ-nn̂g [Hokkien, POJ], ko² lêng⁵ [Peng'im, Teochew], ko² nêng⁵ [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁵khu-nen, kěnéng [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], kěnéng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], kʻo³-nêng² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], kě-néng [Mandarin, Yale], keeneng [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], кэнэн [Mandarin, Palladius], kɛnɛn [Mandarin, Palladius], kolen [Chengdu, Latinxua-Sin-Wenz, Mandarin], ho² nang⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hó nàhng [Cantonese, Yale], ho² nang⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ho² neng⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ho² nang³ [Cantonese, Taicheng, Taishanese, Wiktionary-specific], khó-nèn [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], ko` nenˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], ko³ nen² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], kō̤-nèng [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], khó-lîng [Hokkien, Tai-lo], qoyleeng [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], khónn-nn̂g [Hokkien, Tai-lo], qvofnngg [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], khó lêng [POJ, Teochew], khó nêng [POJ, Teochew], ⁵khu-nen [Wu], khu^去 nen [Wu], ²khu-nen [Wu], /kʰu³³ nən⁴⁴/ [Wu], khaX nong [Middle-Chinese], /*[k]ʰˤa[j]ʔ nˤə(ʔ)/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*kʰaːlʔ nɯːŋ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Attested in Old Chinese; original meanings were “to be able to, competent”, “can be achieved, possible”. Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 可能
  1. possible; probable; likely Synonyms: 容易 (róngyì)
    Sense id: en-可能-zh-adj-rhSypmkD Categories (other): Beginning Mandarin Disambiguation of Beginning Mandarin: 11 26 30 22 11

Adverb [Chinese]

IPA: /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /kʰo⁵³ nən²¹/ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /hɔː³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /hᵘɔ⁵⁵ ⁿdaŋ²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA, Taicheng, Taishanese], /kʰo³¹ nen¹¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /kʰo³¹ nɛn¹¹/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /kʰo³³⁻²¹ nˡɛiŋ⁵³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei, Xiamen], /kʰo⁴²⁻²⁴ leŋ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Singapore], /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²⁴/ [Hokkien, Jinjiang, Philippines, Quanzhou], /kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ neŋ⁵⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/, /kʰo⁵³ nən²¹/, /hɔː³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/, /hᵘɔ⁵⁵ ⁿdaŋ²²/, /kʰo³¹ nen¹¹/, /kʰo³¹ nɛn¹¹/, /kʰo³³⁻²¹ nˡɛiŋ⁵³/, /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³/, /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/, /kʰo⁴²⁻²⁴ leŋ²⁴/, /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²³/, /kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²⁴/, /kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/, /kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ neŋ⁵⁵/, /kʰu³³ nən⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: kěnéng [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], ko³ nen² [Chengdu, Mandarin, Pinyin, Sichuanese], ho² nang⁴ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], ho² nang³ [Cantonese, Taishan, Wiktionary-specific], khó-nèn [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], ko³ nên² [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], kō̤-nèng, khó-lêng [Hokkien, POJ], khóⁿ-nn̂g [Hokkien, POJ], ko² lêng⁵ [Peng'im, Teochew], ko² nêng⁵ [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁵khu-nen, kěnéng [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], kěnéng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], kʻo³-nêng² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], kě-néng [Mandarin, Yale], keeneng [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], кэнэн [Mandarin, Palladius], kɛnɛn [Mandarin, Palladius], kolen [Chengdu, Latinxua-Sin-Wenz, Mandarin], ho² nang⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hó nàhng [Cantonese, Yale], ho² nang⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ho² neng⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ho² nang³ [Cantonese, Taicheng, Taishanese, Wiktionary-specific], khó-nèn [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], ko` nenˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], ko³ nen² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], kō̤-nèng [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], khó-lîng [Hokkien, Tai-lo], qoyleeng [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], khónn-nn̂g [Hokkien, Tai-lo], qvofnngg [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], khó lêng [POJ, Teochew], khó nêng [POJ, Teochew], ⁵khu-nen [Wu], khu^去 nen [Wu], ²khu-nen [Wu], /kʰu³³ nən⁴⁴/ [Wu], khaX nong [Middle-Chinese], /*[k]ʰˤa[j]ʔ nˤə(ʔ)/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*kʰaːlʔ nɯːŋ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Attested in Old Chinese; original meanings were “to be able to, competent”, “can be achieved, possible”. Head templates: {{head|zh|adverb}} 可能
  1. maybe; perhaps; probably; might; may
    Sense id: en-可能-zh-adv-g4JfgEDB Categories (other): Beginning Mandarin, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Beginning Mandarin: 11 26 30 22 11 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 7 49 24 12 7 Synonyms: 也許 (yěxǔ), 也许 (yěxǔ), 保不住 (bǎobuzhù) [colloquial], 保不定 (bǎobudìng) [colloquial], 保不齊 (bǎobuqí) [colloquial], 保不齐 (bǎobuqí) [colloquial], 備不住 (bèibuzhù) [regional], 备不住 (bèibuzhù) [regional], 凡勢 (hoān-sè) [Taiwanese-Hokkien], 凡势 (hoān-sè) [Taiwanese-Hokkien], 博定 [Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 容許 (róngxǔ) [literary], 容许 (róngxǔ) [literary], 怕係 [Hakka], 怕系 [Hakka], 怕是 (pàshì), 或者 (huòzhě), 或許 (huòxǔ), 或许 (huòxǔ), 指不定 (zhǐbùdìng), 搞不好 (gǎobùhǎo), 歉采 [Hokkien], 殼張 [Wu, dated], 壳张 (7khoq-tsan) [Wu, dated], 沒準兒 (méizhǔnr) [colloquial], 没准儿 (méizhǔnr) [colloquial], 興許 (xīngxǔ) [colloquial], 兴许 (xīngxǔ) [colloquial], 話勿出 [Wu], 话勿出 (6gho-veq-tsheq) [Wu], 話唔埋 (waa6 m4 maai4) [Cantonese], 话唔埋 (waa6 m4 maai4) [Cantonese], 話唔定 (waa6 m4 ding6) [Cantonese], 话唔定 (waa6 m4 ding6) [Cantonese], 說不定 (shuōbùdìng), 说不定 (shuōbùdìng), 講勿定 [Wu], 讲勿定 (5kaon-veq-din) [Wu], 講唔定 (gong2 m4 ding6) [Cantonese], 讲唔定 (gong2 m4 ding6) [Cantonese], 難免 (nánmiǎn), 难免 (nánmiǎn)

Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /kʰo⁵³ nən²¹/ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /hɔː³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /hᵘɔ⁵⁵ ⁿdaŋ²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA, Taicheng, Taishanese], /kʰo³¹ nen¹¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /kʰo³¹ nɛn¹¹/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /kʰo³³⁻²¹ nˡɛiŋ⁵³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei, Xiamen], /kʰo⁴²⁻²⁴ leŋ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Singapore], /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²⁴/ [Hokkien, Jinjiang, Philippines, Quanzhou], /kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ neŋ⁵⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/, /kʰo⁵³ nən²¹/, /hɔː³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/, /hᵘɔ⁵⁵ ⁿdaŋ²²/, /kʰo³¹ nen¹¹/, /kʰo³¹ nɛn¹¹/, /kʰo³³⁻²¹ nˡɛiŋ⁵³/, /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³/, /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/, /kʰo⁴²⁻²⁴ leŋ²⁴/, /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²³/, /kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²⁴/, /kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/, /kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ neŋ⁵⁵/, /kʰu³³ nən⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: kěnéng [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], ko³ nen² [Chengdu, Mandarin, Pinyin, Sichuanese], ho² nang⁴ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], ho² nang³ [Cantonese, Taishan, Wiktionary-specific], khó-nèn [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], ko³ nên² [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], kō̤-nèng, khó-lêng [Hokkien, POJ], khóⁿ-nn̂g [Hokkien, POJ], ko² lêng⁵ [Peng'im, Teochew], ko² nêng⁵ [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁵khu-nen, kěnéng [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], kěnéng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], kʻo³-nêng² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], kě-néng [Mandarin, Yale], keeneng [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], кэнэн [Mandarin, Palladius], kɛnɛn [Mandarin, Palladius], kolen [Chengdu, Latinxua-Sin-Wenz, Mandarin], ho² nang⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hó nàhng [Cantonese, Yale], ho² nang⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ho² neng⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ho² nang³ [Cantonese, Taicheng, Taishanese, Wiktionary-specific], khó-nèn [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], ko` nenˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], ko³ nen² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], kō̤-nèng [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], khó-lîng [Hokkien, Tai-lo], qoyleeng [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], khónn-nn̂g [Hokkien, Tai-lo], qvofnngg [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], khó lêng [POJ, Teochew], khó nêng [POJ, Teochew], ⁵khu-nen [Wu], khu^去 nen [Wu], ²khu-nen [Wu], /kʰu³³ nən⁴⁴/ [Wu], khaX nong [Middle-Chinese], /*[k]ʰˤa[j]ʔ nˤə(ʔ)/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*kʰaːlʔ nɯːŋ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Attested in Old Chinese; original meanings were “to be able to, competent”, “can be achieved, possible”. Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 可能
  1. possibility; probability; likelihood (Classifier: 個/个) Synonyms: 可能性 (kěnéngxìng), 幾率 (jīlǜ) [Mainland-China], 几率 (jīlǜ) [Mainland-China], 或然率 (huòránlǜ), 概率 (gàilǜ), 機會率 (jīhuìlǜ), 机会率 (jīhuìlǜ), 機率 (jīlǜ) [Hong-Kong, Taiwan], 机率 (jīlǜ) [Hong-Kong, Taiwan]
    Sense id: en-可能-zh-noun-VIY1fVPM Categories (other): Chinese nouns classified by 個/个, Beginning Mandarin Disambiguation of Beginning Mandarin: 11 26 30 22 11

Verb [Chinese]

IPA: /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /kʰo⁵³ nən²¹/ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /hɔː³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /hᵘɔ⁵⁵ ⁿdaŋ²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA, Taicheng, Taishanese], /kʰo³¹ nen¹¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /kʰo³¹ nɛn¹¹/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /kʰo³³⁻²¹ nˡɛiŋ⁵³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei, Xiamen], /kʰo⁴²⁻²⁴ leŋ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Singapore], /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²⁴/ [Hokkien, Jinjiang, Philippines, Quanzhou], /kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ neŋ⁵⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/, /kʰo⁵³ nən²¹/, /hɔː³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/, /hᵘɔ⁵⁵ ⁿdaŋ²²/, /kʰo³¹ nen¹¹/, /kʰo³¹ nɛn¹¹/, /kʰo³³⁻²¹ nˡɛiŋ⁵³/, /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³/, /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/, /kʰo⁴²⁻²⁴ leŋ²⁴/, /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²³/, /kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²⁴/, /kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/, /kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ neŋ⁵⁵/, /kʰu³³ nən⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: kěnéng [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], ko³ nen² [Chengdu, Mandarin, Pinyin, Sichuanese], ho² nang⁴ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], ho² nang³ [Cantonese, Taishan, Wiktionary-specific], khó-nèn [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], ko³ nên² [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], kō̤-nèng, khó-lêng [Hokkien, POJ], khóⁿ-nn̂g [Hokkien, POJ], ko² lêng⁵ [Peng'im, Teochew], ko² nêng⁵ [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁵khu-nen, kěnéng [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], kěnéng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], kʻo³-nêng² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], kě-néng [Mandarin, Yale], keeneng [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], кэнэн [Mandarin, Palladius], kɛnɛn [Mandarin, Palladius], kolen [Chengdu, Latinxua-Sin-Wenz, Mandarin], ho² nang⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hó nàhng [Cantonese, Yale], ho² nang⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ho² neng⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ho² nang³ [Cantonese, Taicheng, Taishanese, Wiktionary-specific], khó-nèn [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], ko` nenˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], ko³ nen² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], kō̤-nèng [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], khó-lîng [Hokkien, Tai-lo], qoyleeng [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], khónn-nn̂g [Hokkien, Tai-lo], qvofnngg [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], khó lêng [POJ, Teochew], khó nêng [POJ, Teochew], ⁵khu-nen [Wu], khu^去 nen [Wu], ²khu-nen [Wu], /kʰu³³ nən⁴⁴/ [Wu], khaX nong [Middle-Chinese], /*[k]ʰˤa[j]ʔ nˤə(ʔ)/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*kʰaːlʔ nɯːŋ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Attested in Old Chinese; original meanings were “to be able to, competent”, “can be achieved, possible”. Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 可能
  1. (literary) to be competent to; to have the ability to Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-可能-zh-verb-3KgBmpbd Categories (other): Beginning Mandarin Disambiguation of Beginning Mandarin: 11 26 30 22 11
  2. (literary) can be achieved; to be possible Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-可能-zh-verb-taUmK6vB Categories (other): Beginning Mandarin Disambiguation of Beginning Mandarin: 11 26 30 22 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 不可能 (bùkěnéng), 可能性 (kěnéngxìng), 有可能 (yǒukěnéng), 盡可能, 尽可能

Adjective [Japanese]

IPA: [ka̠no̞ː]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese compound 可能 (kha^X nong, literally “may, can + able, ability”). Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=かのう}} Middle Chinese, {{m|zh|可能|lit=may, can + able, ability|tr=kha^X nong}} 可能 (kha^X nong, literally “may, can + able, ability”) Head templates: {{ja-adj|かのう|infl=na}} 可(か)能(のう) • (kanō) -na (adnominal 可(か)能(のう)な (kanō na), adverbial 可(か)能(のう)に (kanō ni)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=. に|attributive=. な|conditional=. なら(ば)|conjunctive=. で|continuative=. で|degree=さ|formal=. です|formal_negative=. で は ありません|formal_negative2=. じゃ ありません|formal_negative_past=. で は ありません でした|formal_negative_past2=. じゃ ありません でした|formal_past=. でした|hypothetical=. なら|imperative=. で あれ|imperfective=. だろ|informal_negative=. で は ない|informal_negative2=. じゃ ない|informal_negative_past=. で は なかった|informal_negative_past2=. じゃ なかった|informal_past=. だった|kana=かのう|lemma=可能|provisional=. だったら|terminal=. だ|volitional=. だろう}} Forms: 可能 [canonical] (ruby: (), (のう)), kanō [romanization], 可能な [adnominal] (ruby: (), (のう)), 可能に [adverbial] (ruby: (), (のう)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 可能だろ [imperfective, stem], かのうだろ [imperfective, stem], kanō daro [imperfective], 可能で [continuative, stem], かのうで [continuative, stem], kanō de [continuative], 可能だ [stem, terminative], かのうだ [stem, terminative], kanō da [terminative], 可能な [attributive, stem], かのうな [attributive, stem], kanō na [attributive], 可能なら [hypothetical, stem], かのうなら [hypothetical, stem], kanō nara [hypothetical], 可能であれ [imperative, stem], かのうであれ [imperative, stem], kanō de are [imperative], 可能ではない [informal, negative], 可能じゃない [informal, negative], かのうではない [informal, negative], かのうじゃない [informal, negative], kanō de wa nai [informal, negative], kanō ja nai [informal, negative], 可能だった [informal, past], かのうだった [informal, past], kanō datta [informal, past], 可能ではなかった [informal, negative, past], 可能じゃなかった [informal, negative, past], かのうではなかった [informal, negative, past], かのうじゃなかった [informal, negative, past], kanō de wa nakatta [informal, negative, past], kanō ja nakatta [informal, negative, past], 可能です [formal], かのうです [formal], kanō desu [formal], 可能ではありません [formal, negative], 可能じゃありません [formal, negative], かのうではありません [formal, negative], かのうじゃありません [formal, negative], kanō de wa arimasen [formal, negative], kanō ja arimasen [formal, negative], 可能でした [formal, past], かのうでした [formal, past], kanō deshita [formal, past], 可能ではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], 可能じゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], かのうではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], かのうじゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], kanō de wa arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], kanō ja arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], 可能で [conjunctive], かのうで [conjunctive], kanō de [conjunctive], 可能なら(ば) [conditional], かのうなら(ば) [conditional], kanō nara (ba) [conditional], 可能だったら [conditional, past], かのうだったら [conditional, past], kanō dattara [conditional, past], 可能だろう [volitional], かのうだろう [volitional], kanō darō [volitional], 可能に [adverbial], かのうに [adverbial], kanō ni [adverbial], 可能さ [noun-from-adj], かのうさ [noun-from-adj], kanōsa [noun-from-adj]
  1. possible Synonyms (possible): ありうる (ariuru), 起こりうる (okoriuru)
    Sense id: en-可能-ja-adj-xHc9ry5q Disambiguation of 'possible': 78 22
  2. feasible
    Sense id: en-可能-ja-adj-IIoSKL-d Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 2 48 1 49 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 3 47 2 48 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 3 47 2 48 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 4 48 1 47 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 3 47 2 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: できる (dekiru) Derived forms: 可能性: (kanōsei) (ruby: (), (のう), (せい)) (english: possibility, feasibility)

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [ka̠no̞ː] Forms: 可能 [canonical] (ruby: (), (のう)), kanō [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese compound 可能 (kha^X nong, literally “may, can + able, ability”). Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=かのう}} Middle Chinese, {{m|zh|可能|lit=may, can + able, ability|tr=kha^X nong}} 可能 (kha^X nong, literally “may, can + able, ability”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|かのう}} 可(か)能(のう) • (kanō)
  1. possibility, good chance
    Sense id: en-可能-ja-noun-b46bigDv
  2. feasibility
    Sense id: en-可能-ja-noun-rPeyiRxz Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 2 48 1 49 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 3 47 2 48 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 3 47 2 48 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 4 48 1 47 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 3 47 2 48

Noun [Korean]

Forms: ganeung [romanization], 가능 [hangeul]
Head templates: {{ko-noun|hangeul=가능}} 可能 • (ganeung) (hangeul 가능)
  1. Hanja form of 가능 (“possibility”). Tags: alt-of, hanja Alternative form of: 가능 (extra: possibility)

Noun [Vietnamese]

Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=}} 可能, {{vi-noun|sc=Hani}} 可能
  1. chữ Hán form of khả năng (“ability; capability; competence”).

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{
  "etymology_text": "Attested in Old Chinese; original meanings were “to be able to, competent”, “can be achieved, possible”.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "可能",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 26 30 22 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Beginning Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "possible; probable; likely"
      ],
      "id": "en-可能-zh-adj-rhSypmkD",
      "links": [
        [
          "possible",
          "possible"
        ],
        [
          "probable",
          "probable"
        ],
        [
          "likely",
          "likely"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "róngyì",
          "word": "容易"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěnéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko³ nen²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó-nèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko³ nên²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kō̤-nèng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó-lêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khóⁿ-nn̂g"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko² lêng⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko² nêng⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵khu-nen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěnéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěnéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kʻo³-nêng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kě-néng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "keeneng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "кэнэн"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kɛnɛn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kolen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³ nən²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hó nàhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² neng⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hᵘɔ⁵⁵ ⁿdaŋ²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó-nèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko` nenˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko³ nen²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³¹ nen¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³¹ nɛn¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kō̤-nèng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³³⁻²¹ nˡɛiŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó-lîng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qoyleeng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁴²⁻²⁴ leŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khónn-nn̂g"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qvofnngg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Jinjiang",
        "Philippines",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó lêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó nêng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ neŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵khu-nen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khu^去 nen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²khu-nen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/kʰu³³ nən⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khaX nong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[k]ʰˤa[j]ʔ nˤə(ʔ)/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*kʰaːlʔ nɯːŋ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³ nən²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hᵘɔ⁵⁵ ⁿdaŋ²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³¹ nen¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³¹ nɛn¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³³⁻²¹ nˡɛiŋ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁴²⁻²⁴ leŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ neŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu³³ nən⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[k]"
    },
    {
      "other": "[j]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*kʰaːlʔ nɯːŋ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "可能"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Attested in Old Chinese; original meanings were “to be able to, competent”, “can be achieved, possible”.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "可能",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 26 30 22 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Beginning Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 49 24 12 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Perhaps I will go.",
          "roman": "Kěnéng wǒ huì qù.",
          "text": "可能我會去。/可能我会去。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He may have been fired.",
          "ref": "他可能被開除了。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "他可能被开除了。 [MSC, simp.]\nTā kěnéng bèi kāichú le. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "maybe; perhaps; probably; might; may"
      ],
      "id": "en-可能-zh-adv-g4JfgEDB",
      "links": [
        [
          "maybe",
          "maybe"
        ],
        [
          "perhaps",
          "perhaps"
        ],
        [
          "probably",
          "probably"
        ],
        [
          "might",
          "might"
        ],
        [
          "may",
          "may"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "yěxǔ",
          "word": "也許"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yěxǔ",
          "word": "也许"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bǎobuzhù",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "保不住"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bǎobudìng",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "保不定"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bǎobuqí",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "保不齊"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bǎobuqí",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "保不齐"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bèibuzhù",
          "tags": [
            "regional"
          ],
          "word": "備不住"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bèibuzhù",
          "tags": [
            "regional"
          ],
          "word": "备不住"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hoān-sè",
          "tags": [
            "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "凡勢"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hoān-sè",
          "tags": [
            "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "凡势"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "博定"
        },
        {
          "roman": "róngxǔ",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "容許"
        },
        {
          "roman": "róngxǔ",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "容许"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka"
          ],
          "word": "怕係"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka"
          ],
          "word": "怕系"
        },
        {
          "roman": "pàshì",
          "word": "怕是"
        },
        {
          "roman": "huòzhě",
          "word": "或者"
        },
        {
          "roman": "huòxǔ",
          "word": "或許"
        },
        {
          "roman": "huòxǔ",
          "word": "或许"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhǐbùdìng",
          "word": "指不定"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gǎobùhǎo",
          "word": "搞不好"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "歉采"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "殼張"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "壳张 (7khoq-tsan)"
        },
        {
          "roman": "méizhǔnr",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "沒準兒"
        },
        {
          "roman": "méizhǔnr",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "没准儿"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xīngxǔ",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "興許"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xīngxǔ",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "兴许"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "word": "話勿出"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "word": "话勿出 (6gho-veq-tsheq)"
        },
        {
          "roman": "waa6 m4 maai4",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "話唔埋"
        },
        {
          "roman": "waa6 m4 maai4",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "话唔埋"
        },
        {
          "roman": "waa6 m4 ding6",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "話唔定"
        },
        {
          "roman": "waa6 m4 ding6",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "话唔定"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shuōbùdìng",
          "word": "說不定"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shuōbùdìng",
          "word": "说不定"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "word": "講勿定"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "word": "讲勿定 (5kaon-veq-din)"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gong2 m4 ding6",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "講唔定"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gong2 m4 ding6",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "讲唔定"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nánmiǎn",
          "word": "難免"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nánmiǎn",
          "word": "难免"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěnéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko³ nen²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó-nèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko³ nên²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kō̤-nèng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó-lêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khóⁿ-nn̂g"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko² lêng⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko² nêng⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵khu-nen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěnéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěnéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kʻo³-nêng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kě-néng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "keeneng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "кэнэн"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kɛnɛn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kolen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³ nən²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hó nàhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² neng⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hᵘɔ⁵⁵ ⁿdaŋ²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó-nèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko` nenˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko³ nen²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³¹ nen¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³¹ nɛn¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kō̤-nèng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³³⁻²¹ nˡɛiŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó-lîng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qoyleeng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁴²⁻²⁴ leŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khónn-nn̂g"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qvofnngg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Jinjiang",
        "Philippines",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó lêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó nêng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ neŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵khu-nen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khu^去 nen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²khu-nen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/kʰu³³ nən⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khaX nong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[k]ʰˤa[j]ʔ nˤə(ʔ)/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*kʰaːlʔ nɯːŋ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³ nən²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hᵘɔ⁵⁵ ⁿdaŋ²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³¹ nen¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³¹ nɛn¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³³⁻²¹ nˡɛiŋ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁴²⁻²⁴ leŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ neŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu³³ nən⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[k]"
    },
    {
      "other": "[j]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*kʰaːlʔ nɯːŋ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "可能"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Attested in Old Chinese; original meanings were “to be able to, competent”, “can be achieved, possible”.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "可能",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese nouns classified by 個/个",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 26 30 22 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Beginning Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "infinite possibilities",
          "roman": "wúxiàn kěnéng",
          "text": "無限可能/无限可能",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Anything has a possibility of happening.",
          "ref": "什麼事都有發生的可能。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "什么事都有发生的可能。 [MSC, simp.]\nShénme shì dōu yǒu fāshēng de kěnéng. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "possibility; probability; likelihood (Classifier: 個/个)"
      ],
      "id": "en-可能-zh-noun-VIY1fVPM",
      "links": [
        [
          "possibility",
          "possibility"
        ],
        [
          "probability",
          "probability"
        ],
        [
          "likelihood",
          "likelihood"
        ],
        [
          "個",
          "個#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "个",
          "个#Chinese"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "kěnéngxìng",
          "word": "可能性"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jīlǜ",
          "tags": [
            "Mainland-China"
          ],
          "word": "幾率"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jīlǜ",
          "tags": [
            "Mainland-China"
          ],
          "word": "几率"
        },
        {
          "roman": "huòránlǜ",
          "word": "或然率"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gàilǜ",
          "word": "概率"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jīhuìlǜ",
          "word": "機會率"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jīhuìlǜ",
          "word": "机会率"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jīlǜ",
          "tags": [
            "Hong-Kong",
            "Taiwan"
          ],
          "word": "機率"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jīlǜ",
          "tags": [
            "Hong-Kong",
            "Taiwan"
          ],
          "word": "机率"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěnéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko³ nen²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó-nèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko³ nên²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kō̤-nèng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó-lêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khóⁿ-nn̂g"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko² lêng⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko² nêng⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵khu-nen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěnéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěnéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kʻo³-nêng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kě-néng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "keeneng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "кэнэн"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kɛnɛn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kolen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³ nən²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hó nàhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² neng⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hᵘɔ⁵⁵ ⁿdaŋ²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó-nèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko` nenˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko³ nen²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³¹ nen¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³¹ nɛn¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kō̤-nèng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³³⁻²¹ nˡɛiŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó-lîng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qoyleeng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁴²⁻²⁴ leŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khónn-nn̂g"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qvofnngg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Jinjiang",
        "Philippines",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó lêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó nêng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ neŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵khu-nen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khu^去 nen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²khu-nen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/kʰu³³ nən⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khaX nong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[k]ʰˤa[j]ʔ nˤə(ʔ)/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*kʰaːlʔ nɯːŋ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³ nən²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hᵘɔ⁵⁵ ⁿdaŋ²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³¹ nen¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³¹ nɛn¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³³⁻²¹ nˡɛiŋ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁴²⁻²⁴ leŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ neŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu³³ nən⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[k]"
    },
    {
      "other": "[j]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*kʰaːlʔ nɯːŋ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "可能"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bùkěnéng",
      "word": "不可能"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kěnéngxìng",
      "word": "可能性"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yǒukěnéng",
      "word": "有可能"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "盡可能"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "尽可能"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "可能"
          },
          "expansion": "可能",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "可%能",
            "2": "か%のう",
            "gloss": ""
          },
          "expansion": "可(か)能(のう) (kanō)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "가능(可能)",
            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 가능(可能) (ganeung)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "可能",
            "sc": "Hani"
          },
          "expansion": "可能",
          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "khả năng",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "",
            "tr": "可能"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: khả năng (可能)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "可能",
            "2": "か%のう",
            "3": "가능",
            "4": "khả năng",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "可能",
            "j2": "",
            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
            "o": "可能",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "可%能",
            "v": "可能",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (可能):\n* → Japanese: 可(か)能(のう) (kanō)\n* → Korean: 가능(可能) (ganeung)\n* → Vietnamese: khả năng (可能)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "か%のう",
            "3": "가능",
            "4": "khả năng",
            "j": "可%能"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (可能):\n* → Japanese: 可(か)能(のう) (kanō)\n* → Korean: 가능(可能) (ganeung)\n* → Vietnamese: khả năng (可能)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (可能):\n* → Japanese: 可(か)能(のう) (kanō)\n* → Korean: 가능(可能) (ganeung)\n* → Vietnamese: khả năng (可能)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Attested in Old Chinese; original meanings were “to be able to, competent”, “can be achieved, possible”.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "可能",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 26 30 22 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Beginning Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The filial piety of Meng Zhuang, in other matters, was what other men are competent to.",
          "ref": "孟莊子之孝也,其他可能也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "孟庄子之孝也,其他可能也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version\nMèng Zhuāng zǐ zhī xiào yě, qítā kěnéng yě. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be competent to; to have the ability to"
      ],
      "id": "en-可能-zh-verb-3KgBmpbd",
      "links": [
        [
          "competent",
          "competent"
        ],
        [
          "ability",
          "ability"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) to be competent to; to have the ability to"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 26 30 22 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Beginning Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "One may be able to support them; the difficulty is in doing so with the proper reverence.",
          "ref": "養,可能也,敬為難。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "养,可能也,敬为难。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Book of Rites, c. 4ᵗʰ – 2ⁿᵈ century BCE\nYǎng, kěnéng yě, jìng wéi nán. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "can be achieved; to be possible"
      ],
      "id": "en-可能-zh-verb-taUmK6vB",
      "links": [
        [
          "achieve",
          "achieve"
        ],
        [
          "possible",
          "possible"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) can be achieved; to be possible"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěnéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko³ nen²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó-nèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko³ nên²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kō̤-nèng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó-lêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khóⁿ-nn̂g"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko² lêng⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko² nêng⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵khu-nen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěnéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěnéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kʻo³-nêng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kě-néng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "keeneng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "кэнэн"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kɛnɛn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kolen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³ nən²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hó nàhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² neng⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hᵘɔ⁵⁵ ⁿdaŋ²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó-nèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko` nenˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko³ nen²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³¹ nen¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³¹ nɛn¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kō̤-nèng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³³⁻²¹ nˡɛiŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó-lîng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qoyleeng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁴²⁻²⁴ leŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khónn-nn̂g"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qvofnngg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Jinjiang",
        "Philippines",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó lêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó nêng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ neŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵khu-nen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khu^去 nen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²khu-nen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/kʰu³³ nən⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khaX nong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[k]ʰˤa[j]ʔ nˤə(ʔ)/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*kʰaːlʔ nɯːŋ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³ nən²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hᵘɔ⁵⁵ ⁿdaŋ²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³¹ nen¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³¹ nɛn¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³³⁻²¹ nˡɛiŋ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁴²⁻²⁴ leŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ neŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu³³ nən⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[k]"
    },
    {
      "other": "[j]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*kʰaːlʔ nɯːŋ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "可能"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "impossible",
      "roman": "arienai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "不",
          "ふ"
        ],
        [
          "可",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "能",
          "のう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "ありえない, 不可能"
    },
    {
      "english": "inevitable",
      "roman": "hitsuzenteki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "必",
          "ひつ"
        ],
        [
          "然",
          "ぜん"
        ],
        [
          "的",
          "てき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "必然的"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "possibility, feasibility",
      "roman": "kanōsei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "可",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "能",
          "のう"
        ],
        [
          "性",
          "せい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "可能性:"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "かのう"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "可能",
        "lit": "may, can + able, ability",
        "tr": "kha^X nong"
      },
      "expansion": "可能 (kha^X nong, literally “may, can + able, ability”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese compound 可能 (kha^X nong, literally “may, can + able, ability”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "可能",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "可",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "能",
          "のう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能な",
      "roman": "kanō na",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "可",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "能",
          "のう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能に",
      "roman": "kanō ni",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "可",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "能",
          "のう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能だろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうだろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō daro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能だ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうだ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能な",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうな",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能であれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能ではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能じゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能だった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能じゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanōsa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かのう",
        "infl": "na"
      },
      "expansion": "可(か)能(のう) • (kanō) -na (adnominal 可(か)能(のう)な (kanō na), adverbial 可(か)能(のう)に (kanō ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": ". に",
        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "かのう",
        "lemma": "可能",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "possible"
      ],
      "id": "en-可能-ja-adj-xHc9ry5q",
      "links": [
        [
          "possible",
          "possible"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "78 22",
          "roman": "ariuru",
          "sense": "possible",
          "word": "ありうる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 22",
          "roman": "okoriuru",
          "sense": "possible",
          "word": "起こりうる"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 48 1 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 47 2 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 47 2 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 48 1 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 47 2 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "feasible"
      ],
      "id": "en-可能-ja-adj-IIoSKL-d",
      "links": [
        [
          "feasible",
          "feasible"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "かのー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠no̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "dekiru",
      "word": "できる"
    }
  ],
  "word": "可能"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "inevitable; possibility",
      "roman": "fukanō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "不",
          "ふ"
        ],
        [
          "可",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "能",
          "のう"
        ],
        [
          "必",
          "ひつ"
        ],
        [
          "然",
          "ぜん"
        ],
        [
          "的",
          "てき"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "antonym(s) of",
      "word": "不可能: impossible; 必然的"
    },
    {
      "english": "feasibility",
      "roman": "infeasibility",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "不",
          "ふ"
        ],
        [
          "可",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "能",
          "のう"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "antonym(s) of",
      "word": "不可能:"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "かのう"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "可能",
        "lit": "may, can + able, ability",
        "tr": "kha^X nong"
      },
      "expansion": "可能 (kha^X nong, literally “may, can + able, ability”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese compound 可能 (kha^X nong, literally “may, can + able, ability”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "可能",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "可",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "能",
          "のう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かのう"
      },
      "expansion": "可(か)能(のう) • (kanō)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "possible",
          "roman": "kanō no",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "可能",
              "かのう"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "可能の"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "possibility, good chance"
      ],
      "id": "en-可能-ja-noun-b46bigDv",
      "links": [
        [
          "possibility",
          "possibility"
        ],
        [
          "chance",
          "chance"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 48 1 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 47 2 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 47 2 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 48 1 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 47 2 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "feasibility"
      ],
      "id": "en-可能-ja-noun-rPeyiRxz",
      "links": [
        [
          "feasibility",
          "feasibility"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "かのー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠no̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "可能"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ganeung",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "가능",
      "tags": [
        "hangeul"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hangeul": "가능"
      },
      "expansion": "可能 • (ganeung) (hangeul 가능)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "possibility",
          "word": "가능"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Hanja form of 가능 (“possibility”)."
      ],
      "id": "en-可能-ko-noun-ya0LdJA-",
      "links": [
        [
          "Hanja",
          "hanja#English"
        ],
        [
          "가능",
          "가능#Korean"
        ],
        [
          "possibility",
          "possibility"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "可能"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "可能",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "sc": "Hani"
      },
      "expansion": "可能",
      "name": "vi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese Chữ Hán",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese nouns without classifiers",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chữ Hán form of khả năng (“ability; capability; competence”)."
      ],
      "id": "en-可能-vi-noun-oMO5VviG",
      "links": [
        [
          "chữ Hán",
          "chữ Hán#Vietnamese"
        ],
        [
          "khả năng",
          "khả năng#Vietnamese"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "可能"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Beginning Mandarin",
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese adverbs",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Eastern Min adjectives",
    "Eastern Min adverbs",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min nouns",
    "Eastern Min verbs",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Attested in Old Chinese; original meanings were “to be able to, competent”, “can be achieved, possible”.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "可能",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "possible; probable; likely"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "possible",
          "possible"
        ],
        [
          "probable",
          "probable"
        ],
        [
          "likely",
          "likely"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěnéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko³ nen²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó-nèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko³ nên²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kō̤-nèng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó-lêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khóⁿ-nn̂g"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko² lêng⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko² nêng⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵khu-nen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěnéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěnéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kʻo³-nêng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kě-néng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "keeneng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "кэнэн"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kɛnɛn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kolen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³ nən²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hó nàhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² neng⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hᵘɔ⁵⁵ ⁿdaŋ²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó-nèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko` nenˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko³ nen²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³¹ nen¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³¹ nɛn¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kō̤-nèng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³³⁻²¹ nˡɛiŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó-lîng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qoyleeng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁴²⁻²⁴ leŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khónn-nn̂g"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qvofnngg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Jinjiang",
        "Philippines",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó lêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó nêng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ neŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵khu-nen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khu^去 nen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²khu-nen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/kʰu³³ nən⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khaX nong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[k]ʰˤa[j]ʔ nˤə(ʔ)/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*kʰaːlʔ nɯːŋ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³ nən²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hᵘɔ⁵⁵ ⁿdaŋ²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³¹ nen¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³¹ nɛn¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³³⁻²¹ nˡɛiŋ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁴²⁻²⁴ leŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ neŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu³³ nən⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[k]"
    },
    {
      "other": "[j]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*kʰaːlʔ nɯːŋ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "róngyì",
      "word": "容易"
    }
  ],
  "word": "可能"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Beginning Mandarin",
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese adverbs",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Eastern Min adjectives",
    "Eastern Min adverbs",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min nouns",
    "Eastern Min verbs",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Attested in Old Chinese; original meanings were “to be able to, competent”, “can be achieved, possible”.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "可能",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Perhaps I will go.",
          "roman": "Kěnéng wǒ huì qù.",
          "text": "可能我會去。/可能我会去。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He may have been fired.",
          "ref": "他可能被開除了。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "他可能被开除了。 [MSC, simp.]\nTā kěnéng bèi kāichú le. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "maybe; perhaps; probably; might; may"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "maybe",
          "maybe"
        ],
        [
          "perhaps",
          "perhaps"
        ],
        [
          "probably",
          "probably"
        ],
        [
          "might",
          "might"
        ],
        [
          "may",
          "may"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěnéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko³ nen²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó-nèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko³ nên²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kō̤-nèng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó-lêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khóⁿ-nn̂g"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko² lêng⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko² nêng⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵khu-nen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěnéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěnéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kʻo³-nêng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kě-néng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "keeneng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "кэнэн"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kɛnɛn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kolen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³ nən²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hó nàhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² neng⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hᵘɔ⁵⁵ ⁿdaŋ²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó-nèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko` nenˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko³ nen²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³¹ nen¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³¹ nɛn¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kō̤-nèng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³³⁻²¹ nˡɛiŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó-lîng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qoyleeng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁴²⁻²⁴ leŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khónn-nn̂g"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qvofnngg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Jinjiang",
        "Philippines",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó lêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó nêng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ neŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵khu-nen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khu^去 nen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²khu-nen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/kʰu³³ nən⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khaX nong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[k]ʰˤa[j]ʔ nˤə(ʔ)/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*kʰaːlʔ nɯːŋ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³ nən²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hᵘɔ⁵⁵ ⁿdaŋ²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³¹ nen¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³¹ nɛn¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³³⁻²¹ nˡɛiŋ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁴²⁻²⁴ leŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ neŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu³³ nən⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[k]"
    },
    {
      "other": "[j]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*kʰaːlʔ nɯːŋ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yěxǔ",
      "word": "也許"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yěxǔ",
      "word": "也许"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǎobuzhù",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "保不住"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǎobudìng",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "保不定"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǎobuqí",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "保不齊"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǎobuqí",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "保不齐"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bèibuzhù",
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "備不住"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bèibuzhù",
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "备不住"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hoān-sè",
      "tags": [
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "凡勢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hoān-sè",
      "tags": [
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "凡势"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "博定"
    },
    {
      "roman": "róngxǔ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "容許"
    },
    {
      "roman": "róngxǔ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "容许"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "怕係"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "怕系"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pàshì",
      "word": "怕是"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huòzhě",
      "word": "或者"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huòxǔ",
      "word": "或許"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huòxǔ",
      "word": "或许"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhǐbùdìng",
      "word": "指不定"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǎobùhǎo",
      "word": "搞不好"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "歉采"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "殼張"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "壳张 (7khoq-tsan)"
    },
    {
      "roman": "méizhǔnr",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "沒準兒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "méizhǔnr",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "没准儿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīngxǔ",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "興許"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīngxǔ",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "兴许"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "話勿出"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "话勿出 (6gho-veq-tsheq)"
    },
    {
      "roman": "waa6 m4 maai4",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "話唔埋"
    },
    {
      "roman": "waa6 m4 maai4",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "话唔埋"
    },
    {
      "roman": "waa6 m4 ding6",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "話唔定"
    },
    {
      "roman": "waa6 m4 ding6",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "话唔定"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shuōbùdìng",
      "word": "說不定"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shuōbùdìng",
      "word": "说不定"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "講勿定"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "讲勿定 (5kaon-veq-din)"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gong2 m4 ding6",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "講唔定"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gong2 m4 ding6",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "讲唔定"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nánmiǎn",
      "word": "難免"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nánmiǎn",
      "word": "难免"
    }
  ],
  "word": "可能"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Beginning Mandarin",
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese adverbs",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Eastern Min adjectives",
    "Eastern Min adverbs",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min nouns",
    "Eastern Min verbs",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Attested in Old Chinese; original meanings were “to be able to, competent”, “can be achieved, possible”.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "可能",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese nouns classified by 個/个",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "infinite possibilities",
          "roman": "wúxiàn kěnéng",
          "text": "無限可能/无限可能",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Anything has a possibility of happening.",
          "ref": "什麼事都有發生的可能。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "什么事都有发生的可能。 [MSC, simp.]\nShénme shì dōu yǒu fāshēng de kěnéng. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "possibility; probability; likelihood (Classifier: 個/个)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "possibility",
          "possibility"
        ],
        [
          "probability",
          "probability"
        ],
        [
          "likelihood",
          "likelihood"
        ],
        [
          "個",
          "個#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "个",
          "个#Chinese"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěnéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko³ nen²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó-nèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko³ nên²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kō̤-nèng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó-lêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khóⁿ-nn̂g"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko² lêng⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko² nêng⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵khu-nen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěnéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěnéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kʻo³-nêng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kě-néng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "keeneng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "кэнэн"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kɛnɛn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kolen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³ nən²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hó nàhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² neng⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hᵘɔ⁵⁵ ⁿdaŋ²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó-nèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko` nenˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko³ nen²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³¹ nen¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³¹ nɛn¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kō̤-nèng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³³⁻²¹ nˡɛiŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó-lîng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qoyleeng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁴²⁻²⁴ leŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khónn-nn̂g"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qvofnngg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Jinjiang",
        "Philippines",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó lêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó nêng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ neŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵khu-nen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khu^去 nen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²khu-nen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/kʰu³³ nən⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khaX nong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[k]ʰˤa[j]ʔ nˤə(ʔ)/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*kʰaːlʔ nɯːŋ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³ nən²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hᵘɔ⁵⁵ ⁿdaŋ²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³¹ nen¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³¹ nɛn¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³³⁻²¹ nˡɛiŋ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁴²⁻²⁴ leŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ neŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu³³ nən⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[k]"
    },
    {
      "other": "[j]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*kʰaːlʔ nɯːŋ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "kěnéngxìng",
      "word": "可能性"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīlǜ",
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China"
      ],
      "word": "幾率"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīlǜ",
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China"
      ],
      "word": "几率"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huòránlǜ",
      "word": "或然率"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gàilǜ",
      "word": "概率"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīhuìlǜ",
      "word": "機會率"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīhuìlǜ",
      "word": "机会率"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīlǜ",
      "tags": [
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "機率"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīlǜ",
      "tags": [
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "机率"
    }
  ],
  "word": "可能"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Beginning Mandarin",
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese adverbs",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Eastern Min adjectives",
    "Eastern Min adverbs",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min nouns",
    "Eastern Min verbs",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "bùkěnéng",
      "word": "不可能"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kěnéngxìng",
      "word": "可能性"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǒukěnéng",
      "word": "有可能"
    },
    {
      "word": "盡可能"
    },
    {
      "word": "尽可能"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "可能"
          },
          "expansion": "可能",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "可%能",
            "2": "か%のう",
            "gloss": ""
          },
          "expansion": "可(か)能(のう) (kanō)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "가능(可能)",
            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 가능(可能) (ganeung)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "可能",
            "sc": "Hani"
          },
          "expansion": "可能",
          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "khả năng",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "",
            "tr": "可能"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: khả năng (可能)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "可能",
            "2": "か%のう",
            "3": "가능",
            "4": "khả năng",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "可能",
            "j2": "",
            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
            "o": "可能",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "可%能",
            "v": "可能",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (可能):\n* → Japanese: 可(か)能(のう) (kanō)\n* → Korean: 가능(可能) (ganeung)\n* → Vietnamese: khả năng (可能)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "か%のう",
            "3": "가능",
            "4": "khả năng",
            "j": "可%能"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (可能):\n* → Japanese: 可(か)能(のう) (kanō)\n* → Korean: 가능(可能) (ganeung)\n* → Vietnamese: khả năng (可能)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (可能):\n* → Japanese: 可(か)能(のう) (kanō)\n* → Korean: 가능(可能) (ganeung)\n* → Vietnamese: khả năng (可能)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Attested in Old Chinese; original meanings were “to be able to, competent”, “can be achieved, possible”.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "可能",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese literary terms",
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The filial piety of Meng Zhuang, in other matters, was what other men are competent to.",
          "ref": "孟莊子之孝也,其他可能也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "孟庄子之孝也,其他可能也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version\nMèng Zhuāng zǐ zhī xiào yě, qítā kěnéng yě. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be competent to; to have the ability to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "competent",
          "competent"
        ],
        [
          "ability",
          "ability"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) to be competent to; to have the ability to"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese literary terms",
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "One may be able to support them; the difficulty is in doing so with the proper reverence.",
          "ref": "養,可能也,敬為難。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "养,可能也,敬为难。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Book of Rites, c. 4ᵗʰ – 2ⁿᵈ century BCE\nYǎng, kěnéng yě, jìng wéi nán. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "can be achieved; to be possible"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "achieve",
          "achieve"
        ],
        [
          "possible",
          "possible"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) can be achieved; to be possible"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěnéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko³ nen²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó-nèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko³ nên²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kō̤-nèng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó-lêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khóⁿ-nn̂g"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko² lêng⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko² nêng⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵khu-nen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěnéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kěnéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kʻo³-nêng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kě-néng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "keeneng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "кэнэн"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kɛnɛn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kolen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³ nən²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hó nàhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² neng⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² nang³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hᵘɔ⁵⁵ ⁿdaŋ²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó-nèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko` nenˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ko³ nen²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³¹ nen¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³¹ nɛn¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kō̤-nèng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³³⁻²¹ nˡɛiŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó-lîng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qoyleeng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁴²⁻²⁴ leŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khónn-nn̂g"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qvofnngg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Jinjiang",
        "Philippines",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó lêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó nêng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ neŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵khu-nen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khu^去 nen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²khu-nen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/kʰu³³ nən⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khaX nong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[k]ʰˤa[j]ʔ nˤə(ʔ)/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*kʰaːlʔ nɯːŋ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³ nən²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hᵘɔ⁵⁵ ⁿdaŋ²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³¹ nen¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³¹ nɛn¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo³³⁻²¹ nˡɛiŋ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁴²⁻²⁴ leŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ neŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu³³ nən⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[k]"
    },
    {
      "other": "[j]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*kʰaːlʔ nɯːŋ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "可能"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "impossible",
      "roman": "arienai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "不",
          "ふ"
        ],
        [
          "可",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "能",
          "のう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "ありえない, 不可能"
    },
    {
      "english": "inevitable",
      "roman": "hitsuzenteki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "必",
          "ひつ"
        ],
        [
          "然",
          "ぜん"
        ],
        [
          "的",
          "てき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "必然的"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms borrowed from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters",
    "Japanese な-na adjectives"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "possibility, feasibility",
      "roman": "kanōsei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "可",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "能",
          "のう"
        ],
        [
          "性",
          "せい"
        ]
      ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "かのう"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "可能",
        "lit": "may, can + able, ability",
        "tr": "kha^X nong"
      },
      "expansion": "可能 (kha^X nong, literally “may, can + able, ability”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
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    {
      "form": "可能",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "可",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "能",
          "のう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能な",
      "roman": "kanō na",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "可",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "能",
          "のう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能に",
      "roman": "kanō ni",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "可",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "能",
          "のう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能だろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうだろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō daro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能だ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうだ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能な",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうな",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能であれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能ではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能じゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能だった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能じゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanōsa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かのう",
        "infl": "na"
      },
      "expansion": "可(か)能(のう) • (kanō) -na (adnominal 可(か)能(のう)な (kanō na), adverbial 可(か)能(のう)に (kanō ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": ". に",
        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "かのう",
        "lemma": "可能",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "possible"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "possible",
          "possible"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "feasible"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "feasible",
          "feasible"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "かのー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠no̞ː]"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "roman": "dekiru",
      "word": "できる"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ariuru",
      "sense": "possible",
      "word": "ありうる"
    },
    {
      "roman": "okoriuru",
      "sense": "possible",
      "word": "起こりうる"
    }
  ],
  "word": "可能"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "inevitable; possibility",
      "roman": "fukanō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "不",
          "ふ"
        ],
        [
          "可",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "能",
          "のう"
        ],
        [
          "必",
          "ひつ"
        ],
        [
          "然",
          "ぜん"
        ],
        [
          "的",
          "てき"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "antonym(s) of",
      "word": "不可能: impossible; 必然的"
    },
    {
      "english": "feasibility",
      "roman": "infeasibility",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "不",
          "ふ"
        ],
        [
          "可",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "能",
          "のう"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "antonym(s) of",
      "word": "不可能:"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms borrowed from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters",
    "Japanese な-na adjectives"
  ],
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    {
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        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-",
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "可能",
        "lit": "may, can + able, ability",
        "tr": "kha^X nong"
      },
      "expansion": "可能 (kha^X nong, literally “may, can + able, ability”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese compound 可能 (kha^X nong, literally “may, can + able, ability”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "可能",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "可",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "能",
          "のう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かのう"
      },
      "expansion": "可(か)能(のう) • (kanō)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "possible",
          "roman": "kanō no",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "可能",
              "かのう"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "可能の"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "possibility, good chance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "possibility",
          "possibility"
        ],
        [
          "chance",
          "chance"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "feasibility"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "feasibility",
          "feasibility"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "かのー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠no̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "可能"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ganeung",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "가능",
      "tags": [
        "hangeul"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hangeul": "가능"
      },
      "expansion": "可能 • (ganeung) (hangeul 가능)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "possibility",
          "word": "가능"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
        "Korean lemmas",
        "Korean nouns",
        "Korean nouns in Han script",
        "Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Korean terms with redundant script codes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Hanja form of 가능 (“possibility”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Hanja",
          "hanja#English"
        ],
        [
          "가능",
          "가능#Korean"
        ],
        [
          "possibility",
          "possibility"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "可能"
}

{
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "可能",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "sc": "Hani"
      },
      "expansion": "可能",
      "name": "vi-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Vietnamese Chữ Hán",
        "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Vietnamese lemmas",
        "Vietnamese nouns",
        "Vietnamese nouns in Han script",
        "Vietnamese nouns without classifiers"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chữ Hán form of khả năng (“ability; capability; competence”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chữ Hán",
          "chữ Hán#Vietnamese"
        ],
        [
          "khả năng",
          "khả năng#Vietnamese"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "可能"
}
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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: 'Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai)'",
  "path": [
    "可能"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "可能",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: 'Eastern Min'",
  "path": [
    "可能"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "可能",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "可能"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "可能",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "可能",
  "trace": ""
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.