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Jyutping jau5 ho2 nang4
Pinyin yǒu kě néng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. possible
  2. probable
  3. possibly
  4. probably
  5. may
  6. might
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adv
    it's probable; maybe; perhaps
  2. adj
    probable
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    他有可能赢得比赛。
    他有可能贏得比賽。
    tā yǒu kě néng yíng dé bǐ sài 。
    • He is likely to win the game.
    • He might win the competition.
    • He might win the tournament.
  2. Mandarin
    很有可能去掉C元素会得出同样的结果。
    很有可能去掉C元素會得出同樣的結果。
    hěn yǒu kě néng qù diào c yuán sù huì dé chū tóng yàng de jiē guǒ 。
    • It is highly probable that the deletion of element C will still yield the same result.
  3. Mandarin
    我从来不是最有可能获得这一职务的候选人。我们刚开始并没有太多资金,也没有得到许多人的支持。我们的竞选活动并非始自华盛顿的大厅里,而是始于得梅因、康科德、查尔斯顿这些地方的普通民众家中。那些辛勤工作的人们从自己微薄的储蓄中捐出5美元、10美元、20美元。
    我從來不是最有可能獲得這一職務的候選人。我們剛開始並沒有太多資金,也沒有得到許多人的支持。我們的競選活動並非始自華盛頓的大廳裏,而是始於得梅因、康科德、查爾斯頓這些地方的普通民眾家中。那些辛勤工作的人們從自己微薄的儲蓄中捐出5美元、10美元、20美元。
    wǒ cóng lái bù shì zuì yǒu kě néng huò dé zhè yī zhí wù de hòu xuǎn rén 。 wǒ men gāng kāi shǐ bìng méi yǒu tài duō zī jīn , yě méi yǒu dé dào xǔ duō rén de zhī chí 。 wǒ men de jìng xuǎn huó dòng bìng fēi shǐ zì huá shèng dùn de dà tīng lǐ , ér shì shǐ yú dé méi yīn 、 kāng kē dé 、 chá ěr sī dùn zhè xiē dì fāng de pǔ tōng mín zhòng jiā zhōng 。 nà xiē xīn qín gōng zuò de rén men cóng zì jǐ wēi bó de chǔ xù zhōng juān chū 5 měi yuán 、10 měi yuán 、20 měi yuán 。
    • I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington. It began in the backyards of Des Moines, and the living rooms of Concord, and the front porches of Charleston. It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to the cause.
  4. Mandarin
    他有可能是被谋杀的。
    他有可能是被謀殺的。
    tā yǒu kě néng shì bèi móu shā de 。
    • There's a possibility that the man was murdered.
  5. Mandarin
    通过这个装置有可能把海水变成淡水。
    通過這個裝置有可能把海水變成淡水。
    tōng guò zhè ge zhuāng zhì yǒu kě néng bǎ hǎi shuǐ biàn chéng dàn shuǐ 。
    • Using this device it's possible to turn ocean water into freshwater.
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    佢有可能系俾人谋杀嘅。
    佢有可能係俾人謀殺嘅。
    keoi5 jau5 ho2 nang4 hai6 bei2 jan4 mau4 saat3 ge3 。
    • There's a possibility that the man was murdered.
  2. Cantonese
    佢哋好有可能会赞成我哋个计划。
    佢哋好有可能會贊成我哋個計劃。
    keoi5 dei2 hou3 jau5 ho2 nang4 wui2 zaan3 sing4 ngo5 dei2 go3 gai3 waak6 。
    • They are likely to agree to our plan.
  3. Cantonese
    只要有可能出事,就迟早会出事。
    只要有可能出事,就遲早會出事。
    zi2 jiu3 jau5 ho2 nang4 ceot1 si6 , zau6 ci4 zou2 wui5 ceot1 si6 。
    • Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    呢单官司有可能引发宪制危机,动摇政府嘅管治威信。
    呢單官司有可能引發憲制危機,動搖政府嘅管治威信。
    ni1 daan1 gun1 si1 jau5 ho2 nang4 jan5 faat3 hin3 zai3 ngai4 gei1, dung6 jiu4 zing3 fu2 ge3 gun2 zi6 wai1 seon3.
    • This lawsuit may trigger a constitutional crisis and undermine governmental trust.
  2. Cantonese
    边有可能抵制日本货呀?你成屋啲电器都系日本造㗎啦。
    邊有可能抵制日本貨呀?你成屋啲電器都係日本造㗎啦。
    bin1 jau5 ho2 nang4 dai2 zai3 jat6 bun2 fo3 aa3? nei5 sing4 uk1 di1 din6 hei3 dou1 hai6 jat6 bun2 zou6 gaa3 laa1.
    • How can you possibly boycott products from Japan? Every electrical appliance in your home is made in Japan.
  3. Cantonese
    佢经常流鼻水,有可能患上鼻敏感。
    佢經常流鼻水,有可能患上鼻敏感。
    keoi5 ging1 soeng4 lau4 bei6 seoi2, jau5 ho2 nang4 waan6 soeng5 bei6 man5 gam2
    • He always has a runny nose and may have allergic rhinitis.
  4. Cantonese
    入银仔有可能要收取手续费。
    入銀仔有可能要收取手續費。
    jap6 ngan2 zai2 jau5 ho2 nang4 jiu3 sau1 ceoi2 sau2 zuk6 fai3.
    • Depositing coins into a bank account may be charged.
  5. Cantonese
    佢畀个贼捅咗一刀,血流如注,好有可能挨唔住。
    佢畀個賊捅咗一刀,血流如注,好有可能捱唔住。
    keoi5 bei2 go3 caak2 tung2 zo2 jat1 dou1, hyut3 lau4 jyu4 zyu3, hou2 jau5 ho2 nang4 ngaai4 m4 zyu6.
    • He was stabbed by a thief and had lost a lot of blood. His life is hung by a thread.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    在中国男篮败在希腊队脚下后,姚明并没有发火,而是中肯地提出了自己的意见,他说:“闭门造车打国内的联赛永远都是这样,必须让他们出去打比赛,不是一个一个队的出去,而是一个一个队员的出去,杀入外面每一个队。这样,我们的篮球整体水准才有可能提升。”
    在中國男籃敗在希臘隊腳下後,姚明並沒有發火,而是中肯地提出了自己的意見,他説:“閉門造車打國內的聯賽永遠都是這樣,必須讓他們出去打比賽,不是一個一個隊的出去,而是一個一個隊員的出去,殺入外面每一個隊。這樣,我們的籃球整體水準才有可能提升。”
    zài zhōng guó nán lán bài zài xī là duì jiǎo xià hòu , yáo míng bìng méi yǒu fā huǒ , ér shì zhōng kěn dì tí chū le zì jǐ de yì jiàn , tā shuō : “ bì mén zào chē dǎ guó nèi de lián sài yǒng yuǎn dōu shì zhè yàng , bì xū ràng tā men chū qù dǎ bǐ sài , bù shì yī ge yī ge duì de chū qù , ér shì yī ge yī ge duì yuán de chū qù , shā rù wài miàn měi yī ge duì . zhè yàng , wǒ men de lán qiú zhěng tǐ shuǐ zhǔn cái yǒu kě néng tí shēng . ”
    • After the men's basketball team for China lost at the hands of Greece, Yao Ming did not become angry. Instead, he offered his own opinion, which cut right to the heart of the matter, "It will always be like this if we operate in a vacuum, and are forever only playing local league games in our own country. We need to let them go abroad to compete. It's not about individual teams going abroad. Rather, it's about individual team members going abroad and fighting their way onto the teams of other countries. That's the only way we'll be able raise the level of our basketball as a whole.
  2. Mandarin
    不过,也应当看到,根据同盟会章程规定,总理应“由全体社员投票公举”。尽管当时如果“投票公举”,孙中山也完全有可能当选为同盟会总理,但孙中山的总理一职毕竟只是由黄兴提议,然后大家举手通过的。
    不過,也應當看到,根據同盟會章程規定,總理應“由全體社員投票公舉”。儘管當時如果“投票公舉”,孫中山也完全有可能當選為同盟會總理,但孫中山的總理一職畢竟只是由黃興提議,然後大家舉手通過的。
    bù guò , yě yīng dāng kàn dào , gēn jù tóng méng huì zhāng chéng guī dìng , zǒng lǐ yīng “ yóu quán tǐ shè yuán tóu piào gōng jǔ ” . jǐn guǎn dāng shí rú guǒ “ tóu piào gōng jǔ ” , sūn zhōng shān yě wán quán yǒu kě néng dāng xuǎn wéi tóng méng huì zǒng lǐ , dàn sūn zhōng shān de zǒng lǐ yī zhí bì jìng zhǐ shì yóu huáng xīng tí yì , rán hòu dà jiā jǔ shǒu tōng guò de .
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  3. Mandarin
    “海上皇宫”有不有可能异地重建?
    “海上皇宮”有不有可能異地重建?
    “ hǎi shàng huáng gōng ” yǒu bù yǒu kě néng yì dì chóng jiàn ?
    • Is there a chance for “Sea Palace” to be rebuilt elsewhere?
  4. Mandarin
    我们希望人大常务委员、政协委员、人民代表,凡是有可能的,都参加这样的检查。
    我們希望人大常務委員、政協委員、人民代表,凡是有可能的,都參加這樣的檢查。
    wǒ men xī wàng rén dà cháng wù wěi yuán , zhèng xié wěi yuán , rén mín dài biǎo , fán shì yǒu kě néng de , dōu cān jiā zhè yàng de jiǎn chá .
    • We hope that wherever possible members of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, members of the National Committee of the Political Consultative Conference and people's deputies will take part in this review.
  5. Mandarin
    但是如果掌控得不好,打工也会耽误学业,而且打工时间过长还有可能拖垮身体。
    但是如果掌控得不好,打工也會耽誤學業,而且打工時間過長還有可能拖垮身體。
    dàn shì rú guǒ zhǎng kòng dé bù hǎo , dǎ gōng yě huì dān wù xué yè , ér qiě dǎ gōng shí jiān guò cháng hái yǒu kě néng tuō kuǎ shēn tǐ .
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