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Pronunciation : néng

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Meaning :
  1. can; be able to; be capable of; could. (v)
  2. ability; capability; skill. (n)
  3. able; capable. (adj)
  4. energy. (n)
Radical : 月
Strokes : 10
Traditional : 能
Usage : 74.2%
Sentences:
1. She can type 70 characters a minute.
tā yì fēn zhōng néng dǎ qī shí gè zì 。
她 一 分 钟 能 打 七 十 个 字 。

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她 : she
一 : one
分钟 : minute
能 : can; be able to
打 : type
七十 : seventy
个 : measure word
字 : character
2. Will you come?
nǐ néng bú néng lái ？
你 能 不 能 来 ？

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你 : you
能 : can
不 : no, not
能不能 : can or cannot
来 : come
3. I cannot but pity him.
wǒ bú néng bú kě lián tā 。
我 不 能 不 可 怜 他 。

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我 : I
不 : no, not
能 : can
不能不 : (used between 不…不 to express obligation, certainty or great probability) have to; cannot but
可怜 : pity
他 : him
4. He is untalented and incapable.
tā wú cái wú néng 。
他 无 才 无 能 。

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他 : he
无 : don’t have
才 : talent
能 : capability
才能 : capability; talent
5. He probably doesn’t know.
tā kě néng bù zhī dào 。
他 可 能 不 知 道 。

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他 : he
可能 : might, possible, maybe
不知道 : don’t know
6. Can we park here? No. Parking is not allowed here.
zhèr néng tíng chē ma ? zhèr bù néng tíng chē 。
这 儿 能 停 车 吗 ？ 这 儿 不 能 停 车 。

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这儿 : here
能 : (usually used negatively or interrogatively) may; can; have the permission to
停 : stop
车 : car
吗 : (particle) used at the end of a question
不能 : cannot
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November 30th, 2009 in Daily Word, Level 1 | tags: , , , ,

Comments (3)

BrianNovember 30th, 2009 at 7:38 pm

Awesome site… you rock :)

In #4, I think the pinyin is missing the initial tā.

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Min Min Reply:
December 1st, 2009 at 11:52 pm

Hi Brian,
Thanks for visiting my website.
I have corrected the missing Pinyin “tā”. 谢谢。

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