Kilo Lingo

能

néng

Traditional: 能

HSK 1
#49 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

can, to be able to (physical capacity)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 能

能

Examples

？

Can you help me?

腿tuǐ，。

He hurt his leg and cannot walk.

箱xiāng，搬bān。

This box is too heavy, I cannot move it alone.

？

Can I help you?

。

He can swim one kilometre.

Related words

不会

cannot, does not know how to; will not

不能

cannot, must not (prohibition or incapacity)

会

can, to know how to; will; meeting

可能

possibly, maybe; possible

可以

can, may (permission or possibility)

Appears in 7 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 能.

不能bù néngcannot, must not (prohibition or incapacity)可能kě néngpossibly, maybe; possible我能wǒ néngI can, I am able to才能cái néngtalent, ability; only then can只能zhǐ néngcan only, have no choice but to能够néng gòuto be able to, can, to manage to能力néng lìability, capability

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