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Pronunciation |
: |
néng |
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Meaning |
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- can; be able to; be capable of; could. (v)
- ability; capability; skill. (n)
- able; capable. (adj)
- energy. (n)
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Radical |
: |
月 |
Strokes |
: |
10 |
Traditional |
: |
能 |
Usage |
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74.2% |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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6. Can we park here? No. Parking is not allowed here. |
zhèr |
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néng |
tíng |
chē |
ma |
? |
zhèr |
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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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In #4, I think the pinyin is missing the initial tā.
Hi Brian,
Thanks for visiting my website.
I have corrected the missing Pinyin “tā”. 谢谢。