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
- 技能检定(技能檢定) determination of technical ability
- 任贤使能(任賢使能) to appoint the virtuous and use the able
- 能者 a person with ability
- 能耐 ability; capability
- 巴不能够(巴不能夠) avid; eager for; longing for; to look forward to
- 能弱能强(能弱能強) to be either weak or strong both have their purpose
- 尊贤使能(尊賢使能) to respect talent and make use of ability
- 流变能力(流變能力) rheology
- 妒能害贤(妒能害賢) jealous of the able, envious of the clever
- 三项全能(三項全能) triathlon
- 官能 function; capability; sense; faculty
- 量能授官 to appoint to office based on capability
- 万能梗犬(萬能梗犬) Airedale terrier
- 效能 efficacy; effectiveness
- 秀才不出门，能知天下事(秀才不出門，能知天下事) a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world
- 神经官能症(神經官能症) neurosis
- 功能性 functionality
- 难能可贵(難能可貴) difficult and praiseworthy
- 任贤用能(任賢用能) to appoint the worthy and use the capable
- 正能量 positive energy; positivity
- 尽可能(儘可能) jǐnkěnéng
- 甄才品能 able to discern talent
- 产能(產能) production capacity
- 功能模块(功能模塊) functional module
- 奇能异士(奇能異士) extraordinary hero with special abilities; martial arts superhero
- 超能力 superpower; extrasensory perception
- 认知能力(認知能力) cognitive ability
- 五项全能(五項全能) pentathlon
- 日本原子能研究所 Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
- 抗药能力(抗藥能力) drug-resistance (of a pathogen)
- 力所能及 to the best of one's ability
- 生物能 bio-energy
- 峰值输出功能(峰值輸出功能) peak power output (of an electrical device etc)
- 精明能干(精明能幹) able and efficient
- 水能 hydroelectric power
- 能彀 able to do; in a position to do
- 生产能力(生產能力) manufacturing ability; production capacity
- 性能 function; performance
- 安能善 How could they be good?
- 功能群 functional group
- 能干(能幹) capable; competent
- 特异功能(特異功能) supernatural power; extrasensory perception
Also contained in
能立不遣 、 似能立 、 数位多功能光碟 、 能立 、 佳能 、 利他能 、 机器智能 、 能立法不成过 、 能变
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 105
- Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 91
- 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: 55
- 周語下 Discourses of Zhou III Guoyu 國語 — count: 53
- 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: 47
- 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 46
- 儒效篇第八 Chapter 8: The Achievements of the Confucians Xunzi 荀子 — count: 41
- 卷二百七十九 列傳第三十八 王繼忠 傅潛 張昭允 戴興 王漢忠 王能 張凝 魏能 陳興 許均 張進 李重貴 呼延贊 劉用 耿全斌 周仁美 Volume 279 Biographies 38: Wang Jizhong, Fu Qian, Zhang Zhaoyun, Dai Xing, Wang Hanzhong, Wang Neng, Zhang Ning, Wei Neng, Chen Xing, Xu Jun, Zhang Jin, Li Zhonggui, Hu Yanzan, Liu Yong, Geng Quanbin, Zhou Renmei History of Song 宋史 — count: 38
Collocations
- 远能 (遠能) 柔遠能邇 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧民勞 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Min Lu — count: 4
- 能迩 (能邇) 柔遠能邇 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧民勞 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Min Lu — count: 4
- 胡能 (鬍能) 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 能降 (能降) 驕而能降 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 2
- 能祈 (能祈) 能祈天永命 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 召誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement of the Duke of Shao — count: 2
- 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