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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *能* | 能* | *能
can / to be able to / might possibly / ability / (physics) energy
HSK 1
to be capable of / to be able to / can
HSK 2
might (happen) / possible / probable / possibility / probability / maybe / perhaps / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
can only / obliged to do sth / to have no other choice
HSK 2
capability / ability / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
talent / ability / capacity
HSK 3
function; capability
HSK 3
intelligent / able / smart (phone, system, bomb etc)
HSK 4
capable / competent
HSK 4
energy / capabilities
HSK 5
technical ability / skill
HSK 5
function; performance; behavior
HSK 5
HSK 5
have to / cannot but
HSK 5
function / role
HSK 5
whether or not / can it or can't it / is it possible?
HSK 6
to conserve energy; to minimize energy consumption
HSK 6
solar energy
HSK 6
energy sources; energy
HSK 7-9
energy consumption
HSK 7-9
physical capability / stamina
HSK 7-9
instinct
HSK 7-9
nuclear energy
HSK 7-9
capable person / Homo habilis, extinct species of upright East African hominid
HSK 7-9
as far as one's capabilities extend (idiom); to the best of one's ability / within one's powers
HSK 7-9
potential / hidden capability
HSK 7-9
what's frequently heard can be repeated in detail (idiom)
HSK 7-9
ability / capability
HSK 7-9
(idiom) powerless to do anything about it
HSK 7-9
to show off one's ability / to boast one's merits
HSK 7-9
positive energy / positivity
HSK 7-9
omnipotent / all-purpose / universal
HSK 7-9
multifunctional / multifunction
HSK 7-9
artificial intelligence (AI)
HSK 7-9
incompetence / inability / incapable / powerless
HSK 7-9
omnipotent / all-round / strong in every area
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *能* | 能* | *能
surname Neng
energy efficiency
functional module
wind power
cannot / to fail to / unable to
kinetic energy
Canon (Japanese company)
high energy
heat energy
different function
internal energy
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
organic function; physical faculty; sense (of sight, hearing, smell etc)
electrical energy
efficacy / effectiveness
expert
hydroelectric power
power
artistic skill
(idiom) it's the most capable people who do the most work (intended as consolation for the overworked, or flattery when making a request etc)
functional group (chemistry)
can sing and dance (idiom); fig. a person of many talents
can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready to give and take / flexible
incapable / incompetent / stupid / mentally deficient
(idiom) omniscient and omnipotent
sage
can talk really well (idiom); the gift of the gab
rare and precious / valuable / remarkable
with familiarity you learn the trick (idiom); practice makes perfect
Huineng (638-713), the Sixth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism
unable to help however much one would like to (idiom); Although we sympathize, there is no way to help you. / My hands are tied.
glib of tongue (idiom) / eloquent
unable to control oneself / to be beside oneself
each does his utmost (idiom) / from each according to his means
particular abilities / one's forte
instinctive understanding, esp. of ethical issues (idiom); untrained, but with an inborn sense of right and wrong / innate moral sense
little virtue and meager abilities (idiom); I'm a humble person and not much use at anything (Song writer Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修)
(idiom) always at loggerheads; never able to agree with sb; unable to get on with sb
ready to take any job, high or low
unable to break the custom (idiom) / bound by conventions
to be definitely able (to do sth)
superpower; superhuman power
production capacity
how can?
verbal ability
possibility; probability
leadership (ability)
possible / probable / possibly / probably / may / might
solar cell
A leader can submit or can stand tall as required. / ready to give and take / flexible
functional group (chemistry)
smartwatch
hyperthyroidism / abbr. to 甲亢
conservation of energy (physics)
compact fluorescent lamp (CFL)
manufacturing ability / production capacity
functionality
atomic energy
processing capability / throughput
lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom) / fig. with money, you can get anything done; money talks

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