能
Meanings
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- 1.can
- 2.to be able to
- 3.might possibly
- 4.ability
- 5.(physics) energy
- 1.surname Neng
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Wiktionary
- 1.a kind of bear
- 2.a mythological bear-like animal, with deer-like legs.
- 3.able; capable
- 4.can; to be able to; to be capable of; to be allowed to
- 5.to successfully do something (negate with 沒／没 (méi))
- 6.cocky
- 7.may; could
- 8.rather; would rather
- 9.ability; capability
- 10.talent; talented person
- 11.energy; power
- 12.way; manner
- 13.a surname
- 14.mythical three-legged soft-shelled turtle
- 15.only used in 能始 (tāishǐ, “origin; root cause”)
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Etymology
Pictogram (象形): a bear. Compare 熊 (OC *ɢʷlɯm, “bear”). In the character, two paws are visible as a pair of 匕 and the face with the open mouth is stylized as 月. ; "bear-like animal" ; “be able to; can; ability” : Possibly Proto-Sino-Tibetan (which STEDT tentatively reconstructs as *m-nyaŋ (“can, be able”)): compare Tibetan ནུས (nus, “to be able to; capable; to withstand; capacity; strength; force; power; function; energy”), Burmese နိုင် (nuing, “can, be able to, may; master; win; prevail”). Schuessler (2007) also derives 態 (OC *n̥ʰɯːs, “apparition, bearing, manner”) from this; see also 忍 (OC *njɯnʔ, “to suffer, endure”). : Compare the old pre-Sino–Vietnamese loanword nổi (“be able to; capable”).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
你能跑。
You could run.
鳥能飛。
A bird can fly.
魚能游。
A fish can swim.
我能说。
I'm able to speak.
你能看吗？
Can you see?
你能來嗎？
Can you come?
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Derived terms
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