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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 all 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。
[He] talks as if no one in the world could match him, but when he must act, he is completely incapable.
目前的金融海嘯可能成為黃金復興的契機
This economic tsunami could well be the turning point for gold to be fashionable again.
我哋開始懷疑佢有可能係我哋搵緊嗰個殺人狂 粵
We're starting to suspect that he's probably the homicidal maniac we're looking for.
我隻腳有三粒蚊𧕴,好有可能係因為我前日去公園。 粵
There are three bites on my leg... it's probably because I was in the park the day before yesterday. [Lit. I [counter] leg have three mosquito-bites, very probable is because I day-before-yesterday go park] 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. |