可以 - Can - Simplified Chinese word mnemonic

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can

可

can

以

to use

ke3yi3 • kěyǐ

can

could, may

If you think of all the ways you 可 can 以 use a thing, you are thinking of all you 可以 could do with it.

你可以关电视。

You can turn off the TV.

你可以说慢一点吗？

Can you speak a little slower?

你看！我可以飞！

Look! I can fly!