HSK 6 · Adjectives

可观 kěguān “considerable” in Chinese

Traditional 可觀

What 可观 means

  1. considerable
  2. impressive
  3. worth seeing
  4. significant

How to say 可观

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale可kě3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale观guān1st tone, high and level

可观 in a sentence

  1. 他收入可观。

    Tā shōurù kěguān.

    He has a considerable income.

    Sentence #1454454 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你应该认为这是个很可观的改进。

    Nǐ yīnggāi rènwéi zhè shì ge hěn kěguān de gǎijìn.

    You should see this as a considerable improvement.

    Sentence #10301350 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 结果并不可观。

    Jiéguǒ bìng bù kěguān.

    The results weren’t impressive.

    Sentence #10518665 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 可观 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 可 (kě) with each of its parts in a different colour
可kěcan; may; able to; -able
  • 丁part of the characterMeaning part
  • 口mouth · kǒuSound part

Memory aidPicture a mouth 口 saying yes: can, may.

The character 观 (guān) with each of its parts in a different colour
观guānto look at
  • 又again · yòu
  • 见to see · jiàn

How to write 可观

可 5 strokes · 观 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

可观 (kěguān) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 可观 (kěguān). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 可观

Words with 可

可以kěyǐ · can可能kěnéng · maybe可kě · but可爱kě'ài · cute可怜kělián · pitiful可惜kěxī · it is a pity可是kěshì · but可靠kěkào · reliable可怕kěpà · awful可见kějiàn · it can clearly be seen (that this is the case)

Words with 观

参观cānguān · to look around观众guānzhòng · spectators观察guānchá · to observe观点guāndiǎn · point of view观念guānniàn · notion悲观bēiguān · pessimistic客观kèguān · objective乐观lèguān · optimistic主观zhǔguān · subjective美观měiguān · attractive

More words: Adjectives

开朗kāilǎng · cheerful开明kāimíng · enlightened慷慨kāngkǎi · generous刻不容缓kèbùrónghuǎn · extremely urgent恳切kěnqiè · earnest可行kěxíng · feasible空洞kōngdòng · empty空前绝后kōngqiánjuéhòu · unprecedented and unrepeatable

FAQs

可观 (kěguān) means “considerable” or “impressive”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it kěguān: kě with a 3rd tone, then guān with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 可观 is written 可觀. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type keguan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 可观 from the suggestions. Typing keguan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
可观 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.