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  *能* | 能* | *能
can / to be able to / might possibly / ability / (physics) energy
HSK 1
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  *气* | 气* | *气
gas; air / smell / weather / to make angry; to annoy; to get angry / vital energy; qi
HSK 2
to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time)
HSK 4
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  *神* | 神* | *神
god; deity / supernatural; magical; mysterious / spirit; mind; energy / lively; expressive / look; expression / (coll.) awesome; amazing
HSK 5
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  *扑* | 扑* | *扑
to throw oneself at / to pounce on / to devote one's energies / to flap / to flutter / to dab / to pat / to bend over
HSK 6
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  *精* | 精* | *精
essence / extract / vitality / energy / semen / sperm / mythical goblin spirit / highly perfected / elite / the pick of sth / proficient (refined ability) / extremely (fine) / selected rice (archaic)
HSK 6
nuclear energy
HSK 7-9
to output; to deliver (energy, data, signals etc) / to export (goods, services, technology etc)
HSK 5
energy / capabilities
HSK 5
energy
HSK 4
energy / vitality / vigor / vital force
HSK 5
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  *劲* | 劲* | *劲
strength / energy / enthusiasm / spirit / mood / expression / interest / CL: / Taiwan pr. [jing4]
in a spurt of energy
HSK 7-9
(of energy, natural resources etc) renewable
to waste (one's energy etc)
to entrust (to sb) / to place (one's hope, energy etc) in / a thing in which one invests (one's hope, energy etc)
HSK 7-9
to conserve energy; to minimize energy consumption
HSK 6
to spare no effort / to devote all one's energies
atomic energy
renewable energy source
positive energy / positivity
HSK 7-9
scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts")
chemical energy
hydrogen energy (energy derived from using hydrogen as a fuel)
solar energy
HSK 6
to wait for action after having accumulated power, energy etc
to concentrate; to condense / (nuclear energy) to enrich / espresso coffee (abbr. for 意式濃縮咖啡|意式浓缩咖啡)
HSK 7-9
(nuclear energy) spent fuel
energy sources; energy
HSK 7-9
energy consumption
HSK 7-9
strength / energy / vigor / talent
potential energy
low consumption (energy, fuel etc)
light energy (e.g. solar)
energy to continue after the initial phase of an activity / delayed effect
mega electron volt (MeV) (unit of energy equal to 1.6 x 10⁻¹³ joules)
conservation (e.g. of energy, momentum or heat in physics) / to remain constant (of a number)
qigong, a traditional Chinese system of cultivating vital energy 氣|气 through coordinated breathing, movement and meditation
assimilation / anabolism (biology) / constructive metabolism (using energy to make proteins etc)
energy level
high energy (physics)
to store energy (esp. in batteries, fuel cells etc)
healthy atmosphere; moral spirit / unyielding integrity; probity / (TCM) vital energy (resistance to diseases)
opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气 and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气 (TCM)
spirit trembling with excitement (idiom); in high spirits / lively and full of enthusiasm / full of energy / con brio
(coll.) to get enthusiastic; to put in all one's energy
anabolism (biology) / constructive metabolism (using energy to make proteins etc) / assimilation
Red Bull (energy drink)
tidal power / tidal energy
energy efficiency
to put in time and energy / to concentrate one's efforts
(astronomy) dark energy
full of youthful energy (idiom); vigorous / energetic / a bright spark
HSK 7-9
to consume energy
internal energy
conservation of energy (physics)
high energy
(nuclear energy) spent fuel rods
to pour or inject (a liquid or substance) into sth / (fig.) to concentrate (one's energy, spirit etc) on sth / (medicine) to perfuse
to commit one's energy to / to devote oneself to / to sacrifice one's life for / (coll.) (of a woman) to give one's virginity to
mechanical energy
term in TCM describing the progress of disease as an opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气 and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气
Nikola Tesla (1856–1943), Serbian inventor and engineer / Tesla, an American electric vehicle and clean energy company
bio-energy
(banking) to overdraw / to take out an overdraft / an overdraft / to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue) / (old) to draw one's wage in advance / (fig.) to exhaust (one's enthusiasm, energy etc) / to damage a natural resource through overuse
HSK 7-9
geothermal energy
US Department of Energy (DOE)
pathogeny (cause of disease) in TCM / as opposed to vital energy 正氣|正气
Lipovitan (energy drink)
kinetic energy
evil influence / unhealthy trend / (a person's) evil air / aura of wickedness / (TCM) pathogenic energy (opposite: 正氣|正气, vital energy)
electrical energy
the three energies of Chinese medicine: , 氣|气, and
Max Planck (1858-1947), German physicist who first postulated quantization of energy
Mohamed ElBaradei (1942–), Director of International Atomic Energy Agency 1997–2009 and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
to throw one's energies (into an activity) / to invest one's emotions (in sth) / to bet / betting
loss; depletion; wastage; wear and tear / to incur loss; to waste; to consume (energy etc) / (in engineering) loss (of energy, signal strength etc)
total energy
energy crisis
electron volt (unit of energy used in particle physics, approximately 10⁻¹⁹ joules)
Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
heat energy
energy drink
energy channels / meridian (TCM) / (dialect) trick / tactic
negative energy / negativity
energy left over (to do sth else)
internal friction / internal dissipation of energy (in mechanics) / fig. waste or discord within an organization
emergency exposure (nuclear energy)
free enthalpy (thermodynamics) / Gibbs free energy
after that, any remaining energy (idiom from Analects); time for extracurricular activities
(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)
sensible enthalpy (thermodynamics) / energy required to go from one state to another
high energy particle
pampered and lazy; indolent / without energy
Monster (energy drink)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
zero-point energy (quantum mechanical vacuum effect)
energy metabolism
radiation energy (e.g. solar)
joy depresses one's qi vital breath / an excess of joy may lead to sluggishness of vital energy (TCM)

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