可可

可可

Chinese

Etymology 1

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (可可)		可	可

Borrowed from English cocoa.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kěkě

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄎㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho² ho²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kěkě [Phonetic: kékě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄎㄜˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keekee
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho² ho²
    • Yale: hó hó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho² ho²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho² ho²
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ hɔː³⁵/

Noun

可可

1. cocoa
2. cacao; Theobroma cacao

Synonyms

• 蔻蔻 (kòukòu)

Derived terms

可可油 (kěkěyóu) 可可粉 (kěkěfěn) 可可脂 (kěkězhī)

可可色 (kěkěsè) 可可豆 (kěkědòu) 熱可可／热可可 (rèkěkě)

Etymology 2

		can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)
simp. and trad. (可可)		可	可

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kěkě

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄎㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho² ho²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kěkě [Phonetic: kékě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄎㄜˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keekee
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho² ho²
    • Yale: hó hó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho² ho²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho² ho²
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ hɔː³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰɑ^X  kʰɑ^X/▼

Rime
Character	可
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	枯我切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɑX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɑX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɑX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰaX/
Li Rong	/kʰɑX/
Wang Li	/kʰɑX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰɑX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kě

Adjective

可可

1. (literary) slight; little
2. (literary) vague; dim
3. (literary) careless
4. (literary) aye aye; yes yes

   然然可可  ―  ránránkěkě  ―  to be a yes man without any opinions of one's own

Synonyms

• (aye aye): 諾諾／诺诺 (nuònuò)

Adverb

可可

1. (literary) just right; by chance

Derived terms

可可兒的／可可儿的