可能

kěnéng

adverb HSK 2 #100

Meanings

1 possible
2 maybe
3 might

Characters

Examples

HSK 1

明天可能下雨。

Míngtiān kěnéng xiàyǔ.

It might rain tomorrow.

HSK 1

这不可能！

Zhè bù kěnéng!

That's impossible!

HSK 1

他可能不来了。

Tā kěnéng bù lái le.

He might not come.

Tips

grammar

可能 can be an adverb (他可能来, he might come), an adjective (这是可能的, this is possible), or a noun (有可能, there's a possibility).

Stroke Order

可 kě

能 néng