能 (néng)
can; to be able to; ability
How 能 is written
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 厶 — private
- Traditional
- 能
- Simplified
- 能 (unchanged)
Components
- 厶 private
- 月 moon
Common words using 能
- 功能 gōngnéng
- function; capability
- 可能 kěnéng
- might (happen); possible; probable
- 技能 jìnéng
- technical ability; skill
- 智能 zhìnéng
- intelligent; able; smart (phone, system, bomb etc)
- 能力 nénglì
- capability; capable; able
- 能否 néngfǒu
- whether or not; can it or can't it; is it possible?
- 能夠 nénggòu
- to be capable of; to be able to; can
- 能幹 nénggàn
- capable; competent
- 能量 néngliàng
- energy; capabilities
- 不可能 bùkěnéng
- impossible; cannot; not able
- 不能不 bùnéngbù
- have to; cannot but
- 低能 dīnéng
- mental deficiency
能 in a sentence
你能不能幫我一個忙？
Nǐ néng bù néng bāng wǒ yí ge máng?
“Can you do me a favor?”
How common is 能?
能 is the 35th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 25.8% of all running text.
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