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
- 认识不能(認識不能) agnosia
- 能量守恒(能量守恆) conservation of energy
- 精明能干(精明能幹) able and efficient
- 任贤使能(任賢使能) to appoint the virtuous and use the able
- 能不 is it not?
- 不能自已 unable to control oneself; to be beside oneself
- 贤能(賢能) a sage
- 不可能 impossible; cannot; not able
- 双手万能(雙手萬能) two hands can do anything
- 低能 incapable; incompetent; stupid; mentally deficient
- 能者多劳(能者多勞) the most capable people do the most work
- 节能(節能) to conserve energy ; energy-conserving ; to save energy; energy-saving
- 能说会道(能說會道) can talk really well; the gift of the gab
- 能中之与(能中之與) Would that be correct?
- 未能免俗 unable to break the custom ; bound by conventions
- 聚光太阳能(聚光太陽能) concentrating solar power (CSP)
- 势能(勢能) potential energy
- 地热能(地熱能) geothermal energy
- 多功能 multi-functional; multi-function
- 恨不能 wishing one could do something; to hate to be unable; itching to do something
- 没有什么不可能(沒有什麼不可能) nothing is impossible; there's nothing impossible about it
- 官能团(官能團) functional group
- 称贤荐能(稱賢薦能) praised as being worthy and recommended as being capable
- 大能 almighty
- 智能卡 smart card
- 任贤仗能(任賢仗能) to appoint the worthy and depend on the capable
- 有能力 able
- 全知全能 omniscient and omnipotent
- 万能(萬能) omnipotent; universal ; all-purpose
- 善能 to be good at
- 电能(電能) electrical energy
- 金钱万能(金錢萬能) money is omnipotent; with money, you can do anything; money talks
- 万能曲尺(萬能曲尺) universal bevel (to measure angles)
- 能歌善舞 a person of many talents
- 执政能力(執政能力) governing capacity
- 任贤用能(任賢用能) to appoint the worthy and use the capable
- 功能性 functionality
- 核能 nuclear energy
- 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)
- 钱能通神(錢能通神) money is all-powerful; money can move God
- 尽可能(儘可能) jǐnkěnéng
- 能源 energy; power source
- 良知良能 instinctive understanding, especially of ethical issues; untrained, but with an inborn sense of right and wrong
- 神经官能症(神經官能症) neurosis
- 让贤与能(讓賢與能) to step aside and give a more worthy person and capable
- 七项全能(七項全能) heptathlon
- 一次能源 primary energy
- 机能(機能) function ; functional power; organizational power
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Truncated for common words
- 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: 58
- 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
- 云能 (雲能) 曷云能來 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧雄雉 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Xiong Zhi — 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
- 能官 (能官) 文王能官人也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧棫樸 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Yu Pu — count: 2
- 言能 (言能) 言能逮下而無嫉妒之心焉 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧樛木 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Jiu Mu — count: 2
- 文公能 (文公能) 衞文公能以道化其民 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧蝃蝀 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Di Dong — count: 2