兩可

Chinese

		both; two; ounce both; two; ounce; some; a few; tael	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)
trad. (兩可)		兩	可
simp. (两可)		两	可

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liǎngkě

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄎㄜˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁵ ho²
Min Nan (POJ): lióng-khóⁿ / lióng-khó / liáng-khó

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liǎngkě [Phonetic: liángkě]
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄎㄜˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liǎngkě
  - Wade–Giles: liang³-kʻo³
  - Yale: lyǎng-kě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leangkee
  - Palladius: лянкэ (ljankɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: loeng⁵ ho²
  - Yale: léuhng hó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁵ ho²
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁵ ho²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ¹³ hɔː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lióng-khóⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: lióng-khónn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liofngqvor
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lióng-khó
  - Tâi-lô: lióng-khó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liofngqoir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰo⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáng-khó
  - Tâi-lô: liáng-khó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liafngqoir
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰo⁵³/

Verb

兩可

either will do
to be undecided yet

Derived terms

依違兩可／依违两可
依阿兩可／依阿两可
摸稜兩可／摸棱两可 (mōléngliǎngkě)
模稜兩可／模棱两可 (móléngliǎngkě)

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