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能干

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Pīnyīn
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capable / competent
HSK 4

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
Variant
Four corner
Cangjie
能
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *能* | 能* | *能
10画
to be able; can, permitted to; ability
2121.1
IBPP
干
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *干* | 干* | *干
3画
oppose, offend; invade; dried
乾幹
1040.0
MJ

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
能干
capable / competent
能
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *能* | 能* | *能
surname Neng
能
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *能* | 能* | *能
can / to be able to / might possibly / ability / (physics) energy
 干
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *干* | 干* | *干
old variant of 乾|干
 干
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *干* | 干* | *干
surname Gan
 干
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *干* | 干* | *干
dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder
 干
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *干* | 干* | *干
variant of 乾|干
 干
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *干* | 干* | *干
surname Gan
 干
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *干* | 干* | *干
(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干 / (archaic) shield
 干
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  *干* | 干* | *干
tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed