POSSIBLE  可能

ABLE TO BE DONE OR ABLE TO HAPPEN, OR ABLE TO BE THE CASE. 
MAYCOULDFEASIBLEPRACTICABLEPRACTICALVIABLEWITHIN THE BOUNDS/REALMS OF POSSIBILITYATTAINABLEACHIEVABLEWORKABLEINFORMAL DOABLE.POSSIBILITY
Antonym
Hypernym
  • ABLEHAVE FEATURES one NEEDS in SELF:oneself FOR ACHIEVING something.
    • HAVERELATION to something such that it BE-IN:is in one OR is CONTROLLED by one.
      • RELATIONFEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER.
        • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE....
Hyponym
  • DIFFICULT　POSSIBLE BUT EVEN-IF TRIED ONLY ACHIEVED RARELY OR ONLY by USING BIG EFFORT.
  • EASY　POSSIBLE AND IF TRIED OFTEN ACHIEVED LACKING:without EFFORT.
    • CLEAR　EASY to PERCEIVE OR UNDERSTAND.
    • NATURALLY　EASILY AND NOT:without BECAUSE of being COMPELLED OR BECAUSE of PLANNING, OR USING A METHOD.
    • TRANSPARENT　EASY TO SEE THROUGH.
  • PROBABLE　INTENSELY POSSIBLE AND EXPECTED to be TRUE.
Modern Chinese Criteria
可能

也許

或許

容許

容或

或者

或則

或

許是

恐怕

恐

想必

興許

也興

作興

說不定

講不定

rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

  • Novyj objasnitel'nyj Slovar' Sinonimov Russkogo Jazyka ( APRESJAN 2004) p. 127

  • Woerterbuch der Philosophie. Neue Beitraege zu einer Kritik der Sprache ( MAUTHNER WP 1924) p. I.2

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 3.1946

  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 6.72

    MOEGLICHKEIT

  • The Encyclopedia of Philosophy ( BORCHERT 2005) p. 10.20

    POSSIBILITY

  • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 59B

Words

可  kě OC: khlaalʔ MC: khɑ 47 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nabpossibilities, the possible; objective possibility, viability, feasibility
  • vadVquestionpossibly
  • vibe practically possible, be feasible
  • vt+V[0]may possibly V, may conceivably V, may come to V; it is possible for one to V
  • vt+V[0]V=passivecan be V-edCH
能  néng OC: nɯɯŋ MC: nəŋ 5 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vt+V[0]be posssible to VLZ
  • vt+V[0]{PASS}can possibly come to be V-ed
或者  huò zhě OC: ɡʷɯɯɡ kljaʔ MC: ɦək tɕɣɛ 3 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • PPadSperhaps; possibly; perhaps? 
行  xíng OC: ɢraaŋ MC: ɦɣaŋ 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vibe feasible
得  dé OC: tɯɯɡ MC: tək 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vibe realisticCH
  • vt+Sin rhetorical questions: is possible that S? 得無 "is it possible that not> is it not plausible that S?"
處  chù OC: qhljas MC: tɕhi̯ɤ 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • nabBUDDH: place where something may happen > possibility in this world
或  huò MC: hwok OC: ɡʷɯɯɡCH 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • padSit is possible that SCH
可能  kě néng OC: khlaalʔ nɯɯŋ MC: khɑ nəŋ 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • VPt+V[0]{PASS}may possibly get V-ed

Existing SW for

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