能力

Character by character

• 能néng10 strokesHSK 1to be able; can, permitted to; ability
• 力lì2 strokesHSK 2power, capability, influence; Kangxi radical 19

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 能力. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 能néngHSK 1

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

• 可能kě néngHSK 2

  might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps

• 能够néng gòuHSK 2

  to be capable of; to be able to; can

• 努力nǔ lìHSK 2

  to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious

• 力lìHSK 3

  power; force; strength; ability; strenuously

• 只能zhǐ néngHSK 2

  can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice

• 力量lì liangHSK 3

  power; force; strength

• 压力yā lìHSK 3

  pressure

• 功能gōng néngHSK 3

  function; capability

• 权力quán lìHSK 6

  power; authority

• 能否néng fǒuHSK 6

  whether or not; can it or can't it; is it possible?

• 实力shí lìHSK 3

  strength

• 魅力mèi lìHSK 7

  charm; fascination; glamor; charisma

• 动力dòng lìHSK 3

  motive power; force; (fig.) motivation; impetus

• 能量néng liàngHSK 5

  energy; capabilities

• 暴力bào lìHSK 6

  violence; force; violent

• 巧克力qiǎo kè lìHSK 4

  chocolate (loanword)

• 能不能néng bùnéngHSK 3

  Can you

• 全力quán lìHSK 6

  with all one's strength; full strength; all-out (effort); fully (support)

• 活力huó lìHSK 5

  energy; vitality; vigor; vital force

• 才能cái néngHSK 3

  talent; ability; capacity

• 精力jīng lìHSK 4

  energy

• 能源néng yuánHSK 7

  energy; power source

• 电力diàn lìHSK 6

  electrical power; electricity