可能

kěnéng

adverb HSK 2 #100

Meanings

1 possible
2 maybe
3 might

Characters

Examples

明天可能下雨。

Míngtiān kěnéng xiàyǔ.

It might rain tomorrow.

这不可能！

Zhè bù kěnéng!

That's impossible!

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