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
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 ／
Hyponym
  • DIFFICULT　POSSIBLE BUT EVEN-IF TRIED ONLY ACHIEVED RARELY OR ONLY by USING BIG EFFORT. (anc: 8/0, child: 1)
  • EASY　POSSIBLE AND IF TRIED OFTEN ACHIEVED LACKING:without EFFORT. (anc: 8/0, child: 3)
  • PROBABLE　INTENSELY POSSIBLE AND EXPECTED to be TRUE. (anc: 8/0, child: 1)
Antonym
Hypernym
  • ABLE　HAVE FEATURES one NEEDS in SELF:oneself FOR ACHIEVING something. (anc: 6/0, child: 16)
  • HAVE　RELATION to something such that it BE-IN:is in one OR is CONTROLLED by one. (anc: 5/0, child: 5)
  • RELATION　FEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER. (anc: 4/0, child: 15)
  • 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 (8 items)

    可  kě OC: khlaalʔ MC: khɑ 51 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: ɡʷɯɯɡ 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