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Definition
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can
我能坐在这儿吗？Can I sit here?
- can do
- to be able to (naturally)
- possibly
- to be capable of
- capability
- ability
- skill
Compounds (3)
Related words (182)
can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready to give and take; flexible
can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready to give and take; flexible
function; capability; sense (i.e. the five senses of sight 視|视, hearing 聽|听, smell 嗅, taste 味 and touch 觸|触); faculty (i.e. specific ability)
potency; titer (measure of effective concentration in virology or chemical pathology, defined in terms of potency after dilution by titration)
possible; probable; possibly; probably; may; might; it's possible; to be possible; to be in the cards
intellectual disability; cognitive disability; learning disability; mental retardation
akathisia (condition of restlessness, a side-effect of neuroleptic antipsychotic drug); unable to sit still; hyperactivity; restlessness
money is not omnipotent; money isn't everything; money can't buy you love
Idioms (26)
abler people do more work (idiom); It is because you are so capable that we (or they) leave everything to you.
to appoint the virtuous and use the able (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
as far as one's capabilities extend (idiom); within one's powers; to the best of one's ability; to do everything in one's power
little virtue and meager abilities (idiom); I'm a humble person and not much use at anything (Song writer Ouyang Xiu 欧阳修)
to want to stop but can't (idiom); to try to stop but cannot; (to be) unable to resist; impossible to resist; to be unable to stop oneself; to feel an urge to continue; can't help carrying on
unable to help however much one would like to (idiom); Although we sympathize, there is no way to help you.; My hands are tied.
always at loggerheads (idiom); never able to agree with sb; unable to get on with sb
instinctive understanding, esp. of ethical issues (idiom); untrained, but with an inborn sense of right and wrong; innate moral sense
(lit.) money will make the Devil turn millstones (idiom); (fig.) with money, you can do anything you like
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