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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *能* | 能* | *能
can / to be able to / might possibly / ability / (physics) energy
HSK 1
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
talent / ability / capacity
HSK 3
function; capability
HSK 3
intelligent / able / smart (phone, system, bomb etc)
HSK 4
technical ability / skill
HSK 5
function; performance; behavior
HSK 5
HSK 5
function / role
HSK 5
to conserve energy; to minimize energy consumption
HSK 6
solar energy
HSK 6
multifunctional / multifunction
HSK 7-9
instinct
HSK 7-9
potential / hidden capability
HSK 7-9
physical capability / stamina
HSK 7-9
nuclear energy
HSK 7-9
to show off one's ability / to boast one's merits
HSK 7-9
omnipotent / all-purpose / universal
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
to appoint the virtuous and use the able (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
highly efficient / effectivity
to consume energy
concentrating solar power (CSP)
wind power
power
can then (and only then)
light energy (e.g. solar)
cannot / to fail to / unable to
Canon (Japanese company)
kinetic energy
high energy
heat energy
internal energy
want to stop but can't (idiom) / to be unable to stop oneself / to feel an urge to continue
potential energy
total energy
organic function; physical faculty; sense (of sight, hearing, smell etc)
electrical energy
efficacy / effectiveness
hydroelectric power
radiation energy (e.g. solar)
artistic skill
(idiom) omniscient and omnipotent
different function
agnosia
incapable / incompetent / stupid / mentally deficient
sage
Huineng (638-713), the Sixth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *能* | 能* | *能
surname Neng
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
(idiom) always at loggerheads; never able to agree with sb; unable to get on with sb
unable to get along (idiom)
to be definitely able (to do sth)
production capacity
how can?
possible / probable / possibly / probably / may / might
atomic energy
as far as possible; to the best of one's ability
high performance
biomass
extremely possible / probable
mechanical energy
nothing is impossible / there's nothing impossible about it
kidney function
supernatural power / extrasensory perception
almighty
triathlon
according to one's capabilities / what sb is capable of
heptathlon
to be good at
zero-point energy (quantum mechanical vacuum effect)
pentathlon
high performance
impossible / cannot / not able
decathlon
to cede to the virtuous and yield to the talented (idiom)
(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
Zhu Bajie 豬八戒|猪八戒 or Zhu Wuneng, Pigsy or Pig (in Journey to the West)
talent
cannot / must not / should not
Ritalin (brand name) / methylphenidate (stimulant drug used to treat ADHD) / also written 利他林
chemical energy
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)
phanaeng (also spelled "panang") (type of Thai curry) (loanword)
mediocre and incompetent
variant of 慧能
potency / titer (measure of effective concentration in virology or chemical pathology, defined in terms of potency after dilution by titration)
function
tidal power / tidal energy

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