能 néng
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néng
auxiliary verb
can; able
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Expresses either (1) the physical ability to do something or (2) possibility. 能 is used in this sense as a modal auxiliary in a similar way in both modern and Literary Chinese (Guoyu '能' v 1; Kroll 2015 '能' 2; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 122; Sun 2006, loc. 1717; XHZD '能' 3) -
néng
noun
ability; capacity
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 能力 (Guoyu '能' n 2; Kroll 2015 '能' 1; Unihan '能'; XHZD '能' 1) -
néng
noun
a mythical bear-like beast
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Mythology
Notes: (Guoyu '能' n 1) -
néng
noun
energy
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Physics
Notes: In the sense of 能量; for example, 电能 'electrical energy' (Guoyu '能' n 6; XHZD '能' 7) -
néng
noun
function; use
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 用途 or 功用 (Guoyu '能' n 4) -
néng
adverb
may; should; permitted to
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 可以 (Guoyu '能' adv 1; Unihan '能'; XHZD '能' 5) -
néng
adjective
talent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '能' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '能' 1a; XHZD '能' 2) -
néng
adjective
expert at
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '能' 2a) -
néng
verb
to be in harmony
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 投契 (Guoyu '能' v 2; Kroll 2015 '能' 3) -
néng
verb
to tend to; to care for
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '能' 3a) -
néng
verb
to reach; to arrive at
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 到 (Guoyu '能' v 3; Kroll 2015 '能' 4) -
néng
adverb
as long as; only
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 只 (Guoyu '能' adv 2; Kroll 2015 '能' 5) -
néng
adverb
even if
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 宁 (Guoyu '能' adv 3; Kroll 2015 '能' 5a) -
néng
adverb
but
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '能' 5b) -
néng
adverb
in this way
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '能' 6)
Contained in
- 高能烈性炸药(高能烈性炸藥) high explosive
- 高能 high energy
- 逞功能 overly self confident
- 无能为力(無能為力) strength that is not able to do anything; powerless to help
- 化学能(化學能) chemical energy
- 水能源 hydroelectric power
- 其之末能信 I cannot trust him
- 性能 function; performance
- 大学学科能力测验(大學學科能力測驗) General Scholastic Ability Test (college entrance exam in Taiwan)
- 可摺叠式智能手机(可摺疊式智能手機) foldable smartphone
- 全能 well-frounded; possessing many strong points ; an all-rounder
- 能屈能伸 can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready to give and take
- 素不相能 unable to get along
- 官能基 functional group
- 贫贱不能移(貧賤不能移) not shaken by poverty; to preserve one's ambitions although destitute
- 功能团(功能團) functional group
- 技能检定(技能檢定) determination of technical ability
- 功能性磁共振成像 functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
- 再生能源 renewable energy source
- 能干(能幹) capable; competent
- 钱能通神(錢能通神) money is all-powerful; money can move God
- 任贤用能(任賢用能) to appoint the worthy and use the capable
- 原子能 atomic energy
- 能力 capability; ability
- 荐贤举能(薦賢舉能) to recommend the worthy and promote the capable
- 任贤仗能(任賢仗能) to appoint the worthy and depend on the capable
- 良知良能 instinctive understanding, especially of ethical issues; untrained, but with an inborn sense of right and wrong
- 光能合成 photosynthesis
- 技能 technical ability; skill
- 巴不能够(巴不能夠) avid; eager for; longing for; to look forward to
- 热能(熱能) heat energy
- 极有可能(極有可能) extremely possible; probable
- 地热能(地熱能) geothermal energy
- 能吏 a capable official
- 尊贤使能(尊賢使能) to respect talent and make use of ability
- 能不 is it not?
- 有能力 able
- 机能(機能) function ; functional power; organizational power
- 日本原子能研究所 Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
- 能级(能級) energy level
- 光能 light energy
- 低能儿(低能兒) retarded child; moron; idiot
- 只能 can only; obliged to do something
- 贤能(賢能) a sage
- 太阳能电池(太陽能電池) solar cell
- 书写不能症(書寫不能症) agraphia
- 能量守恒(能量守恆) conservation of energy
- 艺能界(藝能界) show business
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- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 106
- Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 92
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 79
- 《中庸章句》 Commentary on Doctrine of the Mean Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 56
- 周語下 Discourses of Zhou III Guoyu 國語 — count: 56
- 卷十四 詮言訓 Chapter 14: Explanation of Sayings Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 50
- 卷三十 魏書三十 烏丸鮮卑東夷傳 Volume 30: Book of Wei 30 - Biographies of the Wuhuan, Xianbei, and Dongyi Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 49
- 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 47
- 儒效篇第八 Chapter 8: The Achievements of the Confucians Xunzi 荀子 — count: 42
- 卷四百六十六 列傳第二百二十五 宦者一 竇神寶 王仁睿 王繼恩 李神福弟:神祐 劉承規 閻承翰 秦翰 周懷政 張崇貴 張繼能 衛紹欽 石知顒孫:全彬 鄧守恩 Volume 466 Biographies 225: Eunuchs 1 - Dou Shenbao, Wang Renrui, Wang Jien, Li Shenfu and younger brother: Shen You, Liu Chenggui, Yan Chenghan, Qin Han, Zhou Huaizheng, Zhang Chonggui, Zhang Jineng, Wei Shaoqin, Shi Zhiyong and grandson: Quan Bin, Deng Shouen History of Song 宋史 — count: 38
Collocations
- 胡能 (胡能) 胡能有定 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧日月 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Ri Yue — count: 4
- 能闵 (能閔) 婦人能閔其君子 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧汝墳 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Ru Fen — count: 3
- 能脩 (能脩) 能脩其政 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧唐‧椒聊 Lessons from the states - Odes of Tang - Jiao Liao — count: 3
- 僖公能 (僖公能) 僖公能遵伯禽之法 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 魯頌‧駉之什‧駉 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Jiong - Jiong — count: 3
- 能固 (能固) 是以能固 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 3
- 能久 (能久) 其況能久有許乎 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 2
- 妻能 (妻能) 大夫妻能以禮自防也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧召南‧草蟲 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Shao And The South - Cao Chong — count: 2
- 能格 (能格) 矧曰其有能格知天命 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 大誥 Zhou Shu - Great Announcement — count: 2
- 能内 (能內) 宣王能內脩政事 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧南有嘉魚之什‧車攻 Minor odes of the kingdom - Nan You Jia Yu Zhi Shen - Che Gong — count: 2
- 妇人能 (婦人能) 婦人能閔其君子 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧汝墳 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Ru Fen — count: 2