VocabularyHSK 3 · core

可以

kěyǐ

may, can

Part of speech · modal verb

Pattern visualization

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Examples

  1. 我可以进来吗?
    May I come in?
  2. 这里可以拍照。
    You can take photos here.

Collocations

可以吗可以的不可以

Mnemonic

可以 kěyǐ "may, can (permission)" — used for asking/granting permission. As standalone reply: 可以 ("OK / permitted"). Negative 不可以 is explicit prohibition.

Quick check

  1. Meaning of standalone 可以?

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