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可能 kěnéng也许;表示估计

kěnéng (third tone, dipping)ke3neng2

也许;表示估计

HSK 2· HSK 1–4(旧版)adverbadjective
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义项

  1. 也许;表示估计

    Marks a guess. As an adverb it stands after the subject and before the verb — 他可能在家 — and it is the everyday way to hedge a statement.

    adverb
  2. 有可能的

    adjective

例句

  • 他可能在家。 (first tone, high and level) kěnéng (third tone, dipping) zài (fourth tone, falling) jiā. (first tone, high and level)···

    He’s probably at home.

  • 明天可能下雨。Míngtiān (second tone, rising) kěnéng (third tone, dipping) xià (fourth tone, falling) yǔ. (third tone, dipping)···

    It might rain tomorrow.

常见错误

  • 不太对他来可能。

    正确他可能来。

    可能 is an adverb and cannot trail at the end of the sentence the way "maybe" can in English. Put it before the verb.