可可

Chinese

Etymology 1

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (可可)		可	可

Borrowed from English cocoa.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kěkě

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄎㄜˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho² ho²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khó-khó
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹khu₅-khu₅

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kěkě [Phonetic: kékě]
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄎㄜˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kěkě
  - Wade–Giles: kʻo³-kʻo³
  - Yale: kě-kě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keekee
  - Palladius: кэкэ (kɛkɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho² ho²
  - Yale: hó hó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho² ho²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho² ho²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ hɔː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-khó
  - Tâi-lô: khó-khó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoy'qoir
  - IPA (Penang): /kʰo⁴⁴⁵⁻⁴⁴ kʰo⁴⁴⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹khu₅-khu₅
  - MiniDict: khu^去 khu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khu₂-khu₂
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰu⁵⁵ kʰu²¹/

Noun

可可

cocoa
cacao (Theobroma cacao)

Synonyms

(cocoa): 蔻蔻 (kòukòu), (Hokkien) 可可仔

Derived terms

可可樹 / 可可树 (kěkěshù)
可可油 (kěkěyóu)
可可粉 (kěkěfěn)
可可脂 (kěkězhī)
可可色 (kěkěsè)
可可豆 (kěkědòu)
熱可可 / 热可可 (rèkěkě)

Etymology 2

		can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)
simp. and trad. (可可)		可	可

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kěkě

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄎㄜˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho² ho²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kěkě [Phonetic: kékě]
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄎㄜˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kěkě
  - Wade–Giles: kʻo³-kʻo³
  - Yale: kě-kě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keekee
  - Palladius: кэкэ (kɛkɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho² ho²
  - Yale: hó hó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho² ho²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho² ho²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ hɔː³⁵/

Middle Chinese: khaX khaX

Rime
Character	可
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	枯我切
Baxter	khaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɑ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɑ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɑ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰa^X/
Li Rong	/kʰɑ^X/
Wang Li	/kʰɑ^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰɑ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kě
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ho²

Adjective

可可

(literary) slight; little
(literary) vague; dim
(literary) careless
(literary) aye aye; yes yes
然然可可 ― ránránkěkě ― to be a yes man without any opinions of one's own

Synonyms

(aye aye): 諾諾／诺诺 (nuònuò)

Adverb

可可

(literary) just right; by chance

Derived terms

可可兒的 / 可可儿的