# 可以 (kěyǐ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 可以 (kěyǐ) means “can; may; okay”. It is part of the HSK 2 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: can; may; okay
- Pinyin: kěyǐ (ke3 yi3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 2
- HSK 2.0 · Level 2

## Examples

- 我可以坐这里吗？
  Wǒ kěyǐ zuò zhèlǐ ma?
  May I sit here?

## Characters

- [可](https://hanziro.com/word/ke-but-however/) (kě): but, however; can, may
- [以](https://hanziro.com/word/yi-with-by-means/) (yǐ): (prep.) with, by means of; in order to

https://hanziro.com/word/ke-yi-can/

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