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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
energy
HSK 4
energy / capabilities
HSK 5
energy / vitality / vigor / vital force
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *神* | 神* | *神
god; deity / supernatural; magical; mysterious / spirit; mind; energy / lively; expressive / look; expression / (coll.) awesome; amazing
HSK 5
to conserve energy; to minimize energy consumption
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
solar energy
HSK 6
energy sources; energy
HSK 7-9
energy consumption
HSK 7-9
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 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
in a spurt of energy
HSK 7-9
nuclear energy
HSK 7-9
full of youthful energy (idiom); vigorous / energetic / a bright spark
HSK 7-9
positive energy / positivity
HSK 7-9
(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
Lipovitan (energy drink)
to consume energy
to store energy (esp. in batteries, fuel cells etc)
Red Bull (energy drink)
light energy (e.g. solar)
kinetic energy
high energy
emergency exposure (nuclear energy)
heat energy
internal energy
potential energy
total energy
to put in time and energy / to concentrate one's efforts
to throw one's energies (into an activity) / to invest one's emotions (in sth) / to bet / betting
energy channels / meridian (TCM) / (dialect) trick / tactic
(nuclear energy) spent fuel
scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts")
(astronomy) dark energy
electrical energy
conservation (e.g. of energy, momentum or heat in physics) / to remain constant (of a number)
evil influence / unhealthy trend / (a person's) evil air / aura of wickedness / (TCM) pathogenic energy (opposite: 正氣|正气, vital energy)
radiation energy (e.g. solar)
opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气 and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气 (TCM)
internal friction / internal dissipation of energy (in mechanics) / fig. waste or discord within an organization
spirit trembling with excitement (idiom); in high spirits / lively and full of enthusiasm / full of energy / con brio
low consumption (energy, fuel etc)
energy to continue after the initial phase of an activity / delayed effect
to waste (one's energy etc)
qigong, a traditional Chinese system of cultivating vital energy 氣|气 through coordinated breathing, movement and meditation
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
to waste (one's breath, one's energy etc) / to try in vain
renewable energy source
energy left over (to do sth else)
energy efficiency
to pour or inject (a liquid or substance) into sth / (fig.) to concentrate (one's energy, spirit etc) on sth / (medicine) to perfuse
free enthalpy (thermodynamics) / Gibbs free energy
Mohamed ElBaradei (1942–), Director of International Atomic Energy Agency 1997–2009 and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
sensible enthalpy (thermodynamics) / energy required to go from one state to another
conservation of energy (physics)
atomic energy
pampered and lazy; indolent / without energy
healthy atmosphere; moral spirit / unyielding integrity; probity / (TCM) vital energy (resistance to diseases)
to wait for action after having accumulated power, energy etc
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
mechanical energy
energy drink
negative energy / negativity
an excess of heat caused by a deficiency in Yin energy (idiom)
high energy (physics)
hydrogen energy (energy derived from using hydrogen as a fuel)
energy metabolism
anabolism (biology) / constructive metabolism (using energy to make proteins etc) / assimilation
zero-point energy (quantum mechanical vacuum effect)
energy shortage
assimilation / anabolism (biology) / constructive metabolism (using energy to make proteins etc)
Nikola Tesla (1856–1943), Serbian inventor and engineer / Tesla, an American electric vehicle and clean energy company
Max Planck (1858-1947), German physicist who first postulated quantization of energy
to spare no effort / to devote all one's energies
mega electron volt (MeV) (unit of energy equal to 1.6 x 10⁻¹³ joules)
pathogeny (cause of disease) in TCM / as opposed to vital energy 正氣|正气
(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)
giga electron volt GeV (unit of energy equal to 1.6 x 10⁻¹⁰ joules)
geothermal 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
high energy particle
China Atomic Energy Agency (CAEA)
(nuclear energy) spent fuel rods
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *劲* | 劲* | *劲
strength / energy / enthusiasm / spirit / mood / expression / interest / CL: / Taiwan pr. [jing4]
chemical energy
(coll.) to get enthusiastic; to put in all one's energy
joy depresses one's qi vital breath / an excess of joy may lead to sluggishness of vital energy (TCM)
Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
strength / energy / vigor / talent
ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC)
tidal power / tidal energy
bio-energy
node (center of energy) / acupuncture point / Chakra
the three energies of Chinese medicine: , 氣|气, and
US Department of Energy (DOE)
energy crisis

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