能

HSK 1#46 by frequencyradical ⺼

Néng["v","g"]

can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy

Examples

我能说。

I'm able to speak.

你能跑。

You could run.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.