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[1] [v] can; may; be able to; could [2] [n] ability; capability; skill [3] [n] energy (as electric, atomic) Default PoS: Additional PoS: Stroke count: 10
Level: 1
Radical: 肉 (#130)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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能力 nang4 lik6 = ability 可能 ho2 nang4 = maybe; probably; possibly; able 風能 fung1 nang4 = wind energy 不可能 bat1 ho2 nang4 = impossible 冇可能 mou5 ho2 nang4 = impossible 粵 不能 bat1 nang4 = cannot, should not, must not 國 有可能 jau5 ho2 nang4 = it is possible 未能 mei6 nang4 = cannot; fail to; unable to 無能 mou4 nang4 = incompetent, incapable, clueless; impotent 盡可能 zeon6 ho2 nang4 = variant of 儘可能 See all 168 compounds (CantoDict reports 189 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing 10 of 16 examples containing 能
你唔好咁惡屎能登啦! 粵
Don't be so mean! [The sound recording and the written sentence don't match. The recorder mispronounces 惡 (ok3) as ok6, 屎 (si2) as sei2, and 啦 (laa1) as aa1.]
我哋食藥嗰陣時,要小心啲;可能有副作用。 粵
When taking medication, we have to be careful; there may be some side-effects.
邊個叫佢眼高手低吖;無論佢嘅目標有幾崇高,佢都冇能力去做嘅。 粵
It's such a pity that no matter how big his aims are, he hasn't the ability to see them through.
講就天下無敵,做就無能為力。
Show all 16 examples[He] talks as if no one in the world could match him, but when he must act, he is completely incapable. Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |