可爱 (kě ài) means cute, adorable, or lovely. 可 means worthy of or able to and 爱 means love, so the compound literally means loveable or worthy of love. It is used to describe children, animals, behaviour, and people as endearing. In modern internet culture 可爱 and its derivatives are extremely common in casual and social media language. The noun form 可爱 (kě ài xìng) means cuteness. It is distinct from 漂亮 (piào liàng, beautiful/pretty) which focuses on physical attractiveness.