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charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *能* | 能* | *能
can / to be able to / might possibly / ability / (physics) energy
HSK 1
can only / obliged to do sth / to have no other choice
HSK 2
might (happen) / possible / probable / possibility / probability / maybe / perhaps / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
function; capability
HSK 3
talent / ability / capacity
HSK 3
intelligent / able / smart (phone, system, bomb etc)
HSK 4
technical ability / skill
HSK 5
function; performance; behavior
HSK 5
function / role
HSK 5
HSK 5
to conserve energy; to minimize energy consumption
HSK 6
solar energy
HSK 6
instinct
HSK 7-9
physical capability / stamina
HSK 7-9
nuclear energy
HSK 7-9
omnipotent / all-round / strong in every area
HSK 7-9
omnipotent / all-purpose / universal
HSK 7-9
potential / hidden capability
HSK 7-9
to show off one's ability / to boast one's merits
HSK 7-9
artificial intelligence (AI)
HSK 7-9
incompetence / inability / incapable / powerless
HSK 7-9
multifunctional / multifunction
HSK 7-9
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *能* | 能* | *能
surname Neng
wind power
hydroelectric power
cannot / to fail to / unable to
function
Canon (Japanese company)
efficacy / effectiveness
electrical energy
high energy
heat energy
different function
want to stop but can't (idiom) / to be unable to stop oneself / to feel an urge to continue
potential energy
light energy (e.g. solar)
to consume energy
total energy
function / capability / sense (i.e. the five senses of sight 視|视, hearing 聽|听, smell , taste and touch 觸|触) / faculty (i.e. specific ability)
incapable / incompetent / stupid / mentally deficient
kinetic energy
power
omniscient and omnipotent
artistic skill
omnipotent
each does his utmost (idiom) / from each according to his means
instinctive understanding, esp. of ethical issues (idiom); untrained, but with an inborn sense of right and wrong / innate moral sense
internal energy
sage
cannot / must not / should not
Huineng (638-713), the Sixth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism
how can?
(idiom) always at loggerheads; never able to agree with sb; unable to get on with sb
to be definitely able (to do sth)
(neologism c. 2019) to empower / to enable / to energize
production capacity
phanaeng (also spelled "panang") (type of Thai curry) (loanword)
almighty
(slang) Something awesome is about to happen! (originally, in a Japanese space battleship anime, it meant "Danger! High energy up ahead!" — a warning to either prepare for battle or take evasive action)
geothermal energy
mediocre and incompetent
Zhu Bajie 豬八戒|猪八戒 or Zhu Wuneng, Pigsy or Pig (in Journey to the West)
mechanical energy
bio-energy
heptathlon
triathlon
impossible / cannot / not able
pentathlon
to appoint the virtuous and use the able (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
as far as possible; to the best of one's ability
Ritalin (brand name) / methylphenidate (stimulant drug used to treat ADHD) / also written 利他林
chemical energy
decathlon
atomic energy
to be good at
special ability
to envy the virtuous and talented (idiom)
to constrain and limit successful, capable people
to respect talent and make use of ability (Mencius)
peak power output (of an electrical device etc)
variant of 慧能
according to one's capabilities / what sb is capable of
talent
to cede to the virtuous and yield to the talented (idiom)
potency / titer (measure of effective concentration in virology or chemical pathology, defined in terms of potency after dilution by titration)
can then (and only then)
high performance
possible / probable / possibly / probably / may / might
extremely possible / probable
nothing is impossible / there's nothing impossible about it
tidal power / tidal energy
supernatural power / extrasensory perception
biomass
social accomplishment
management function
unable to get along (idiom)
concentrating solar power (CSP)
kidney function

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