can in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 可以 with this easy mnemonic:

Mum, can (可) I go play?, said a boy to his Mum. "No Danny, help me with setting up a tea party. It will be fun, we are going by (以) a pirate theme!"

Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like can have an enormous impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

• 可
• 以

• 以及
• 以外
• 可能
• 之所以
• 不可思议
• 以防万一
• 可以
• 以下
• 有史以来
• 可卡因
• 以为
• 可怕
• 可靠
• 可是
• 以上
• 以后

The reading of 可以 is kě yǐ.

You can remember how to say 可以 with this useful mnemonic:

Danny had no intention to help and complained he can't because things were too hard. The Mum replied, "Go put on the kettle (kě) Danny (yǐ)! You can do it!"

Using mnemonics to remember the reading of Chinese vocabulary like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

Learning vocabulary like can and the rest of the Mandarin written language can take as little as one year, or as long as a lifetime. Our Mandarin language learners find that using helpful mnemonics can aid retention of Chinese Mandarin vocabulary and characters.

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