豈可

See also: 岂可

Chinese

		how can it be that	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)
trad. (豈可)		豈	可
simp. (岂可)		岂	可

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐkě

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄎㄜˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐkě [Phonetic: qíkě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄎㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐkě
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-kʻo³
    • Yale: chǐ-kě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiikee
    • Palladius: цикэ (cikɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

豈可

1. (literary, used in rhetorical questions) how can (one possibly); how is (it possible)

Synonyms

• 哪能 (nǎnéng)
• 安能 (ānnéng) (literary)
• 怎能 (zěnnéng)
• 抑會使／抑会使 (Hokkien)
• 抑通 (Hokkien)
• 欲汰 (Hokkien)
• 欲汰討／欲汰讨 (Hokkien)
• 甲通 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 豈能／岂能 (qǐnéng) (literary)