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Chinese[edit]
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how can it be that
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can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)
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trad. (豈可)
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豈
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可
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simp. (岂可)
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岂
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可
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Pronunciation[edit]
豈可
- (literary, used in rhetorical questions) how can (one possibly); how is (it possible)
Synonyms[edit]
- 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)