可能性

Chinese

		possible; probable; likely possible; probable; likely; maybe; perhaps; probably; might; may	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
trad. (可能性)		可能	性
simp. ^#(可能性)		可能	性

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kěnéngxìng

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho² nang⁴ sing³
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): kor³ neng² sing⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khó-lêng-sèng

(Teochew, Peng'im): ko² lêng⁵ sên³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kěnéngxìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kěnéngsìng
  - Wade–Giles: kʻo³-nêng²-hsing⁴
  - Yale: kě-néng-syìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keenengshinq
  - Palladius: кэнэнсин (kɛnɛnsin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho² nang⁴ sing³
  - Yale: hó nàhng sing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho² nang⁴ sing³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho² neng⁴ xing³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ nɐŋ²¹ sɪŋ³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: kor³ neng² sing⁴ [Phonetic: kor² neng¹ sing⁴]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: kô̤-néng-si̍ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɒ⁴⁵³⁻¹³ nɛŋ¹³⁻⁵⁵ ɬiŋ⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: kor³ neng² sing⁴ [Phonetic: kor¹ neng¹ sing⁴]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɒ³³²⁻⁵⁵ nɛŋ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ ɬiŋ⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-lêng-sèng
  - Tâi-lô: khó-lîng-sìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoylengsexng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³⁻²² siɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²³⁻³³ siɪŋ²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ko² lêng⁵ sên³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khó lêng sèⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sẽ²¹³/

Noun

可能性

possibility; probability; likelihood (Classifier: 個／个)
- 如果生存就是自由的去選擇我的可能性，為什麼在最天生的可能性中，我就無法做出選擇？^[sic] [MSC, trad.]
  如果生存就是自由的去选择我的可能性，为什么在最天生的可能性中，我就无法做出选择？^[sic] [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2020 December 12, 《自白書》, the 13^th test question of the preliminary of THUPC (Tsinghua University Programming Competition) 2021
  Rúguǒ shēngcún jiùshì zìyóu de qù xuǎnzé wǒ de kěnéngxìng, wèishénme zài zuì tiānshēng de kěnéngxìng zhōng, wǒ jiù wúfǎ zuòchū xuǎnzé? ^{[ sic ]} [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

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可能 (kěnéng)
幾率 / 几率 (jīlǜ) (chiefly mainland China)
或然率 (huòránlǜ)
概率 (gàilǜ)
機會率 / 机会率 (jīhuìlǜ)
機率 / 机率 (jīlǜ) (chiefly Taiwan, Hong Kong)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (可能性):

→ Japanese: 可(か)能(のう)性(せい) (kanōsei)
→ Korean: 가능성(可能性) (ganeungseong)

References

李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 40.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
可	能	性
か Grade: 5	のう Grade: 5	せい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

可能 (kanō, “possible”) +‎ 性 (-sei, “-ity, -ness”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かのーせー [kànóóséé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ka̠no̞ːse̞ː]

Noun

可(か)能(のう)性(せい) • (kanōsei)

possibility; probability; likelihood

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
可	能	性

Noun

可能性 • (ganeungseong) (hangeul 가능성)

hanja form^? of 가능성 (“possibility; probability; likelihood”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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