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可以
ho2 ji5 |
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can, may, be allowed to Level: 1 Google Frequency: 21,400,000 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Characters in this word:可 ho2 hak1 - can; approve; need; but以 ji5 - by means of; because of 5 compounds containing this word:唔可以 - cannot都可以 - all OK 還可以 - also acceptable; still acceptable 可以避免 - evitable, avoidable 人不可以貌相 - don't judge a book by its cover |
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Showing all 38 examples containing 可以
你唔可以企喺張枱上便 粵
You can't stand on the table. [Lit. you cannot stand at table surface. 唔可以 here carries the sense of "not allowed".]
返學可以識到好多同學仔。 粵
Going to school can get to know a lot of classmates. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131529,131533#msg-131533]
點先可以學好廣東話呢? 粵
How actually can I learn Cantonese well? [點先 is the abbreviated form of 點樣先至。 先至 means ‘really; actually’ here, often used with 呢 at the end of a sentence for emphasis. See this thread for details: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?1,111468,111471#msg-1114]
請問喺伊到可以搭咩車去科大? 粵
Excuse me, do you know what public transport can take me to the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (from here)?
你唔要嘅話,可以送畀第二個 粵
If you don't want it, you can just give it to somebody else. [Lit. you don't want [conditional delimiter], can give-present give other person]
詳細嘅情況我唔可以透露 粵
I can't let you in on the details. [Lit. small-details information I not-allowed divulge.]
我每朝都喺七點鐘開工,所以我夜晚唔可以出街 粵
I start work at 7 o'clock each morning, so I can't stay out too late. [Lit. I every morning also at 7 o'clock open-work, so I late cannot go-out]
我聽朝喺六點鐘開工,所以我今晚唔可以行公司 粵
I‘ve got to start work at six tomorrow, so I can't go shopping tonight. [Lit. I tomorrow morning at six o'clock start-work, therefore I this-evening cannot go-shopping]
連一秒我都唔可以嘥 粵
I can't waste even a second. [Lit. even one second I also not-allowed waste Std. Chinese: 我不可以浪費每一秒]
我一秒都唔可以嘥 粵
I can't waste even a second. [Lit. I one second also cannot waste Std. Chinese: 我不可以浪費每一秒]
我哋唔可以畀佢死住 粵
We can't let him die yet. [Lit. 住 here means "yet"; 畀 indicates the passive voice and does NOT mean give.]
冇咗一對手,你就唔可以用筷子 粵 ?!
Now that you've lost both your hands, you can't use chopsticks any more. [Lit. don't-have already one pair hands, you then cannot use chopsticks. (Originally transcribed as 冇咗一隻手,你就唔可以用鍊金術... but 鍊金術 is hardly a useful word for learners.)]
你可以留低﹐亦可以走人﹐對我嚟講都冇所謂。 粵
You can stay or go, it's all the same to me. [Sometimes we need more Cantonese syllables to express the simple English word "or". It's 亦可以 in this sentence. ]
如果你唔忙嘅話,你可唔可以幫我搬呢個櫃入去間房。 粵
If you're not too busy, could you help me move this dressor into the bedroom?
呢兩件事係打邊爐同打屎窟,邊可以相提並論 粵
These two issues are as different as chalk is from cheese, how can they be put together and be compared at all?
佢可以為咗你沕水撞牆都在所不惜。 粵
He would dive into the water and collide/crash at the wall for you, without regards for the consequences. [in other words: "He would do anything for you."]
唔使幾耐,你就可以睇到一出精彩嘅好戲 粵
In due course, you'll see a spectacular display. [Lit. in good time, you then can see-arrive one [counter] brilliant [possessive particle] play. 不消多久=唔使幾耐] | ||
One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:可議 ho2 ji5 = negotiable |
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