HSK 6 Connectors & compound sentences
可以说 / 不妨说
It can be said that / one might well say (可以说 / 不妨说)
Structure 可以说 / 不妨说,+ assessment the author endorses
可以说 (kěyǐ shuō), 'it can be said / one may state', introduces an ASSESSMENT the author treats as defensible and adopts as their own; it opens a conclusion that is measured yet firm (可以说,这是一次飞跃). It usually heads the clause, followed by a comma. 不妨说 ('one might well say'; 妨 reads fáng) is a more tentative, elegant variant: it offers the wording as a legitimate option, almost an invitation to accept it. Both belong to written register and cultivated commentary; they soften a blunt assertion without giving up the evaluation.
Examples
- 可以说,这是中国航天事业的一次飞跃。
It can be said that this is a leap forward for China's space industry.
- 可以说,没有他的坚持,就没有今天的成果。
It can be said that without his persistence, today's results would not exist.
- 不妨说,这部作品是他一生思想的缩影。
One might well say that this work is the epitome of his lifelong thought.
- 可以说,这场改革奠定了此后数十年的基础。
It can be said that this reform laid the foundation for the decades that followed.
Levels are indicative: they follow the standard Chinese Grammar Wiki (AllSet Learning) progression, not an official HSK 3.0 mapping. We never assign levels by eye.