能够

Character by character

• 能néng10 strokesHSK 1to be able; can, permitted to; ability
• 够gòu11 strokesHSK 2 traditional 夠enough, adequate

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 能够. 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

• 能力néng lìHSK 3

  capability; ability

• 只能zhǐ néngHSK 2

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

• 够gòuHSK 2

  enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out

• 不够bù gòuHSK 2

  not enough; insufficient; inadequate

• 足够zú gòuHSK 3

  enough; sufficient

• 功能gōng néngHSK 3

  function; capability

• 能否néng fǒuHSK 6

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

• 能量néng liàngHSK 5

  energy; capabilities

• 能不能néng bùnéngHSK 3

  Can you

• 才能cái néngHSK 3

  talent; ability; capacity

• 能源néng yuánHSK 7

  energy; power source

• 尽可能jǐn kě néngHSK 5

  as far as possible; to do one's utmost

• 技能jì néngHSK 5

  technical ability; skill

• 智能zhì néngHSK 4

  intelligent; able; smart (phone, system, bomb etc)

• 本能běn néngHSK 7

  instinct

• 万能wàn néngHSK 7

  omnipotent; all-purpose; universal

• 性能xìng néngHSK 5

  function; performance; behavior

• 无能为力wú néng wéi lìHSK 7

  impotent (idiom); powerless; helpless

• 无能wú néngHSK 7

  incompetence; inability; incapable; powerless

• 太阳能tài yáng néngHSK 6

  solar energy

• 不能不bù néng bùHSK 5

  have to; cannot but

• 全能quán néngHSK 7

  omnipotent; all-round; strong in every area