可 (kě): meaning and stroke order

可 in our stories

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• 同事宋岩提前提醒他：“在中国，主人最怕客人吃不饱，你可一定要多吃点儿。”

  tóngshì Sòng Yán tíqián tíxǐng tā zài Zhōngguó zhǔrén zuì pà kèrén chī bù bǎo nǐ kě yídìng yào duō chī diǎnr

  His colleague Song Yan warned him beforehand: "In China, a host's biggest fear is that the guests go hungry. Make sure you eat plenty."

  From the story The banquet that never ended HSK 6

• 天快黑的时候，他抬头看见墙上那只早就不走了的老挂钟：舅公每天都要看它好几次，可它的时间从来不对。

  tiān kuài hēi de shíhou tā tái tóu kànjiàn qiáng shàng nà zhī zǎo jiù bù zǒu le de lǎo guàzhōng jiùgōng měitiān dōu yào kàn tā hǎo jǐ cì kě tā de shíjiān cónglái bú duì

  As it was getting dark he looked up at the old wall clock that had stopped long ago: his great-uncle looked at it several times a day, yet it never showed the right time.

  From the story Great-uncle's wooden box HSK 6

• “这是我太爷爷留下的，”老太太说，“家里人都说，里面藏着一个秘密，可谁也没找到。”

  zhè shì wǒ tàiyéye liúxià de lǎo tàitai shuō jiāli rén dōu shuō lǐmiàn cáng zhe yí gè mìmì kě shéi yě méi zhǎodào

  "My great-grandfather left this," she said. "The family always said there was a secret hidden in it, but nobody ever found it."

  From the story Words written in rice water HSK 7–9 · Level 7