There is a good chance that gasoline prices will go up.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
可能性
possibility; probability
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
possibility; probability
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 可能性 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 可能性 appears in 14 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
He is exploring the possibility of all escapes.
He has investigated the possibility of cooperation.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 可能性.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 可能性.
Directly before
- 的可能性11
- 这个可能性1
- 但可能性1
- 那种可能性1
Directly after
- 可能性看起来1
- 可能性会1
- 可能性微乎其微1
- 可能性不1
- 可能性很1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 可能性
What does 可能性 mean in Chinese?
可能性 (kěnéngxìng) means possibility; probability.
How do you pronounce 可能性?
可能性 is pronounced kěnéngxìng.
Is 可能性 an HSK word?
可能性 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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