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HSK
to approve / approval / acknowledgment / OK
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *可* | 可* | *可
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able / to approve; to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very / but; however
HSK 5
to allow / to permit
HSK 5
preferably / one would prefer to...(or not to...) / would rather / (would) be better to / (to pick) the lesser of two evils
HSK 7-9
equivalent to 就可以 / can then (do sth) / can immediately (do sth) / (do sth) and that will suffice
HSK 7-9
small / unimportant / (polite) my humble person
disco (loanword) (Tw)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *可* | 可* | *可
used in 可汗
all are OK / both are OK / all can / both can / also can
(loanword) cocoa
both OK / all acceptable
rococo (loanword) / very ornate
(loanword) taco
not bad / satisfactory
encore (loanword)
(idiom) acceptable; fine; okay
neither for nor against sth / indifferent
suddenly / in an instant
(literary) to recover completely (from illness or injury)
extremely important / no small matter
cannot; should not; must not
can't
(Tw) to review and approve
(Tw) (name) Michael
Facebook (Internet slang, pun reading "you must die")
written permission; written authorization
Montreal (chiefly used in Hong Kong and the Chinese community in Canada) (from Cantonese 滿地可|满地可 Mun5 dei6 ho2)
cannot
equivocal / ambiguous
not a single one is dispensable / can't do without either
Viagra


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