可以
kě​yǐ HSK2

can

可以 kě​yǐ
can auxiliary
To be able to; to be possible; describes having the capacity or a use for something.

我几乎什么都可以吃。

wǒ jī​hū shén​me dōu kě​yǐ chī.

I can eat almost anything.

他老得可以当你爹了。

tā lǎo de kě​yǐ dāng nǐ diē le.

He's old enough to be your father.

may auxiliary
To have permission; to be allowed to do something.

我可以请你喝一杯吗？

wǒ kě​yǐ qǐng nǐ hē yī bēi ma?

Can I buy you a drink?

我没说你可以搬进来。

wǒ méi shuō nǐ kě​yǐ bān jìn lai.

I didn't say you could move in.

not bad adjective
Passable; pretty good; describes something that is acceptable or okay.
really something auxiliary
Describes a situation or behavior that is extreme or beyond what one expected; can be used as a sarcastic or emphatic way to say someone is quite a character or something is 'too much'.
worth doing
To be worth doing; used to recommend an action.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
2360.8 per million appears in 99% of films
Written text
1374.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 2

Cross-References

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Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)