可不可以 kěbùkěyǐ can one? Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 可不可以 kěbùkěyǐ can one? verbauxiliary Used to ask for permission or to inquire about the possibility of an action, meaning "is it okay?" or "can you?"; literally the "A-not-A" question form of 可以 kěyǐ. 你可不可以回来？ nǐ kěbùkěyǐ huí lai? Can you come back? 我可不可以早上洗澡？ wǒ kěbùkěyǐ zǎoshang xǐ zǎo? May I take a shower in the morning? Frequency Movie subtitles 6.59 per million appears in 3% of films Written text 8.36 per million Cross-References See 可以 kěyǐ Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
可不可以 kěbùkěyǐ can one? verbauxiliary Used to ask for permission or to inquire about the possibility of an action, meaning "is it okay?" or "can you?"; literally the "A-not-A" question form of 可以 kěyǐ. 你可不可以回来？ nǐ kěbùkěyǐ huí lai? Can you come back? 我可不可以早上洗澡？ wǒ kěbùkěyǐ zǎoshang xǐ zǎo? May I take a shower in the morning? Frequency Movie subtitles 6.59 per million appears in 3% of films Written text 8.36 per million Cross-References See 可以 kěyǐ Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
