可爱 (可愛)
kě ài
Pinyin

Definition

可爱 (可愛)
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kě ài
  1. adorable
  2. cute
  3. lovely

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

可
kě
  1. 1 can
  2. 2 may
  3. 3 able to
  4. 4 to approve
  5. 5 to permit
  6. 6 to suit
  7. 7 (particle used for emphasis) certainly
  8. 8 very
可以
kě yǐ
  1. 1 can
  2. 2 may
  3. 3 possible
  4. 4 able to
  5. 5 not bad
  6. 6 pretty good
可爱
kě ài
  1. 1 adorable
  2. 2 cute
  3. 3 lovely
可是
kě shì
  1. 1 but
  2. 2 however
  3. 3 (used for emphasis) indeed
可能
kě néng
  1. 1 might (happen)
  2. 2 possible
  3. 3 probable
  4. 4 possibility
  5. 5 probability
  6. 6 maybe
  7. 7 perhaps
  8. 8 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

一蹴可几
yī cù kě jǐ
  1. 1 to succeed at the first try (idiom)
  2. 2 easy as pie
  3. 3 one can do it at once
不可胜言
bù kě shèng yán
  1. 1 inexpressible (idiom)
  2. 2 beyond description
不可同日而语
bù kě tóng rì ér yǔ
  1. 1 lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath
  2. 2 incomparable
不可思议
bù kě sī yì
  1. 1 inconceivable (idiom); unimaginable
  2. 2 unfathomable
不可抗拒
bù kě kàng jù
  1. 1 act of God
  2. 2 force majeure (law)
  3. 3 irresistible (idiom)

Sample Sentences

媳妇儿啊，看看我们的小宝贝儿，这脸蛋儿多可爱！但他自个儿在这儿玩儿，好像有点儿孤单。我们再生个孩子，给他做个伴儿吧！
xífur a ，kànkan wǒmen de xiǎo bǎobèir ，zhè liǎndànr duō kěài ！dàn tā zìgěr zài zhèr wánr ，hǎoxiàng yǒudiǎnr gūdān 。wǒmen zài shēng ge háizi ，gěi tā zuò ge bàner ba ！
My dear, look at our little baby, what a cute face! But he’s playing here by himself, and he seems a little lonely. Let’s have another baby to keep him company!
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这我帮不了你，我看你就学会享受吧！他们这么做还不是因为看你家孩子可爱，多几个亲戚给你关心照顾，不好吗？
zhè wǒ bāngbuliǎo nǐ ，wǒ kàn nǐ jiù xuéhuì xiǎngshòu ba ！tāmen zhème zuò hái bù shì yīnwèi kàn nǐ jiā háizi kě ài ，duō jǐ ge qīnqi gěi nǐ guānxīn zhàogu ，bù hǎo ma ？
I can't help you with that. I think you should just learn to enjoy it! They're doing it because they think your child is cute, so there are more relatives there to look after you. Isn't that good?
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可不是嘛，男人就是笨手笨脚的，有时候觉得可爱，有时候真觉得自己又给儿子当妈又给老公当妈。
kěbushì ma ，nánrén jiùshì bènshǒubènjiǎo de ，yǒushíhou juéde kě ài ，yǒushíhou zhēn juéde zìjǐ yòu gěi érzi dāng mā yòu gěi lǎogōng dāng mā 。
Isn't that it exactly? Men are so clumsy, sometimes I think it's cute, but sometimes I feel like I'm a mother for both my son and my husband.
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哈哈哈，你也太可爱了，那么容易就较真，我是逗你玩的，开开玩笑嘛！
hā hā hā ，nǐ yě tài kě ài le ，nàme róngyì jiù jiàozhēn ，wǒ shì dòu nǐ wán de ，kāi kāi wánxiào ma ！
Ha ha, you're really quite cute. You get so earnest so easily, I was just teasing you. It was a joke!
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欸，给你们介绍一下啊，这是贺萧，我们初中风云人物，现在自己做老板。这是我们司法局可爱的会计，新娘的好朋友贾玉。
èi ，gěi nǐmen jièshào yīxià ā ，zhè shì Hè xiāo ，wǒmen chūzhōng fēngyúnrénwù ，xiànzài zìjǐ zuò lǎobǎn 。zhè shì wǒmen sīfǎjú kěài de kuàijì ，xīnniáng de hǎopéngyou Jiǎ yù 。
Agh, I'll introduce you both. This is He Xiao, he was the ladykiller of my Junior High School, now he's his own boss. This is Jia Yu, one of the lovelier accountants at the Ministry of Justice and a good friend of the bride.
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宝宝真可爱，会走路了吗？
bǎobǎo zhēn kěài ，huì zǒulù le ma ？
The baby is so cute, can he walk yet?
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我也觉得动物很可爱。
wǒ yě juéde dòngwù hěn kěài 。
I also think animals are cute.
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只只：五只狗只只可爱
zhǐ zhǐ ：wǔ zhǐ gǒu zhī zhī kěài
All five dogs are cute.
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你的孩子好可爱！
nǐ de háizi hǎo kěài ！
Your child is so cute!
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哪里你的孩子才可爱。
nǎlǐ nǐ de háizi cái kěài 。
no no, your child is the cute one!
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