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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *能* | 能* | *能
can / to be able to / might possibly / ability / (physics) energy
HSK 1
can only / obliged to do sth / to have no other choice
HSK 2
might (happen) / possible / probable / possibility / probability / maybe / perhaps / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
function; capability
HSK 3
talent / ability / capacity
HSK 3
intelligent / able / smart (phone, system, bomb etc)
HSK 4
function / role
HSK 5
HSK 5
technical ability / skill
HSK 5
function; performance; behavior
HSK 5
solar energy
HSK 6
to conserve energy; to minimize energy consumption
HSK 6
multifunctional / multifunction
HSK 7-9
omnipotent / all-purpose / universal
HSK 7-9
potential / hidden capability
HSK 7-9
instinct
HSK 7-9
nuclear energy
HSK 7-9
physical capability / stamina
HSK 7-9
omnipotent / all-round / strong in every area
HSK 7-9
artificial intelligence (AI)
HSK 7-9
incompetence / inability / incapable / powerless
HSK 7-9
to show off one's ability / to boast one's merits
HSK 7-9
omnipotent
production capacity
kinetic energy
efficacy / effectiveness
Canon (Japanese company)
each does his utmost (idiom) / from each according to his means
high performance
how can?
cannot / to fail to / unable to
supernatural power / extrasensory perception
artistic skill
heat energy
electrical energy
function
almighty
different function
to consume energy
want to stop but can't (idiom) / to be unable to stop oneself / to feel an urge to continue
incapable / incompetent / stupid / mentally deficient
sage
wind power
power
mechanical energy
chemical energy
potential energy
bio-energy
radiation energy (e.g. solar)
high energy
atomic energy
cannot / must not / should not
light energy (e.g. solar)
mediocre and incompetent
money is omnipotent (idiom) / with money, you can do anything / money talks
pentathlon
hydroelectric power
(idiom) omniscient and omnipotent
organic function; physical faculty; sense (of sight, hearing, smell etc)
(idiom) always at loggerheads; never able to agree with sb; unable to get on with sb
agnosia
instinctive understanding, esp. of ethical issues (idiom); untrained, but with an inborn sense of right and wrong / innate moral sense
internal energy
to respect talent and make use of ability (Mencius)
to cede to the virtuous and yield to the talented (idiom)
to envy the virtuous and talented (idiom)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *能* | 能* | *能
surname Neng
to constrain and limit successful, capable people
impossible / cannot / not able
as far as possible; to the best of one's ability
Huineng (638-713), the Sixth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism
to step aside and give a more worthy person a chance (idiom)
possible / probable / possibly / probably / may / might
to appoint the virtuous and use the able (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
phanaeng (also spelled "panang") (type of Thai curry) (loanword)
kidney function
nothing is impossible / there's nothing impossible about it
decathlon
geothermal energy
can then (and only then)
high in score but low in ability (as a result of teaching to the test)
extremely possible / probable
Ritalin (brand name) / methylphenidate (stimulant drug used to treat ADHD) / also written 利他林
tidal power / tidal energy
total energy
triathlon
Zhu Bajie 豬八戒|猪八戒 or Zhu Wuneng, Pigsy or Pig (in Journey to the West)
variant of 慧能
heptathlon
(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)
to be good at
special ability
to be definitely able (to do sth)
peak power output (of an electrical device etc)
according to one's capabilities / what sb is capable of
talent
potency / titer (measure of effective concentration in virology or chemical pathology, defined in terms of potency after dilution by titration)
high performance

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