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能
Néng
1. surname Neng
HSK 1 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 10 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

能
néng
can, may; capable, full of energy
HSK 1 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

不能
bùnéng
cannot
低能
dīnéng
mental deficiency
佳能
Jiānéng
Canon (Japanese company)
光能
guāngnéng
light energy (e.g. solar)
内能
nèinéng
internal energy
全能
quánnéng
omnipotent
功能
gōngnéng
function
HSK 5
动能
dòngnéng
kinetic energy
势能
shìnéng
potential energy
只能
zhǐnéng
can only
可能
kěnéng
might (happen)
HSK 2
善能
shànnéng
to be good at
大能
dànéng
almighty
奇能
qínéng
special ability
官能
guānnéng
function
定能
dìngnéng
to be definitely able (to do sth)
怎能
zěnnéng
how can?
性能
xìngnéng
function
HSK 6
悟能
Wùnéng
Zhu Bajie [[豬八戒|猪八戒<ZhūBājiè>]] or Zhu Wuneng, Pigsy or Pig (in Journey to the West)
惠能
Huìnéng
variant of [[慧能<Huìnéng>]]

Example Sentences (1)

我能坐这儿吗？
Wǒ néng zuò zhèr ma?
Can I sit here?
Text 3

Alternate Entries

能
néng
to be able to / to be capable of / ability / capability / able / capable / can possibly / (usually used in the negative) to have the possibility of
HSK 1

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
34
Word Frequency Rank
50 of 84,292