兩可

Chinese

		both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)
trad. (兩可)		兩	可
simp. (两可)		两	可

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎngkě

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄎㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁵ ho²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lióng-khóⁿ / lióng-khó / liáng-khó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǎngkě [Phonetic: liángkě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄎㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎngkě
    • Wade–Giles: liang³-kʻo³
    • Yale: lyǎng-kě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leangkee
    • Palladius: лянкэ (ljankɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loeng⁵ ho²
    • Yale: léuhng hó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁵ ho²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁵ ho²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ¹³ hɔː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lióng-khóⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: lióng-khónn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liofngqvor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lióng-khó
    • Tâi-lô: lióng-khó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liofngqoir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰo⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáng-khó
    • Tâi-lô: liáng-khó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liafngqoir
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰo⁵³/

Verb

兩可

1. either will do
2. to be undecided yet

Derived terms

• 依違兩可／依违两可
• 依阿兩可／依阿两可
• 摸稜兩可／摸棱两可 (mōléngliǎngkě)
• 模稜兩可／模棱两可 (móléngliǎngkě)

 

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
兩	可

Adjective

兩可

1. chữ Hán form of lưỡng khả.