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能力
Traditional Chinese
能力
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
néng lì
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
nang4 lik6
Short definition capability
Usage frequency Very common
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All available English definitions capabilityCdict iconMDBG iconAdso iconcapableCdict iconMDBG icon/
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: capability
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: samecdic
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: capability; capable; able; ability; CL:個|个[ge4]
Copyleft icon LDC icon LDC: capability; capable; able; ability; capacities; competence; competency; headship
Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: capability; capable; able; ability'
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Sentence examples
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最后(zuì hòu) last
他的( tā de)
(bìng) defect
(duó) to lose
去了(qùle)
(tā) another
走路(zǒu lù) to walk
(dedì) of
能力(néng lì) capability
想去(xiǎngqù)
哪儿(nǎér) wherever
也要(yěyào)
(yòng) hence
电动(diàn dòng) electric powered
轮椅(lún yǐ) wheelchair
(lái) next
代步(dài bù) to take transportation

In the end, because of the disease, he became unable to walk and had to use a motorized wheelchair to get around.

显然(xiǎn rán) clear
美国人(měi guó rén) American person
(lián) as
他们自己(tā mén zì jǐ) themselves
(dedì) of
问题(wèn tí) issue
(dū) all
解决不了(jiějuébùliǎo) to be unable to be solved
所以(suǒ yǐ) as a result
他们(tā men) they
怎么可能( zěn me kě néng) how could that be
认为(rèn wéi) to believe
自己(zì jǐ) herself
(yǒu) some
足够的( zú gòu de) enow
能力(néng lì) capability
解决(jiě jué) to dispatch
其他国家(qí tā guó jiā) other countries
(dedì) of
问题(wèn tí) issue
(níní) woolen material

It is clear that the Americans can't even solve their own problems, so how can they possibly think themselves capable of dealing with the rest of the world's problems?

(nǐ) variant of 你, you (female)
(jì) mark
事情(shì qing) thing
(dedì) of
能力(néng lì) capability
(bìng) and
不比(bù bǐ) unlike
(wǒ) I
(hǎo hàohào) so
多少(duōshǎo) amount

You are no better at remembering things than I am.

资产(zī chǎn) property
盈利(yíng lì) profit
能力(néng lì) capability
(huò) or
一些(yī xiē) a few
其他的(qí tā de) other
价值(jià zhí) worth
它们的( tā men de)
主人(zhǔ rén) host

Assets have earning power or some other value to their owner.

通常(tōng cháng) regular
人们(rén men) people
失败(shī bài) failure
并非(bìng fēi) really is not
能力(néng lì) capability
不足(bù zú) cannot
(ér) with
是不( shì bù)
(gòu) enough
专注(zhuān zhù) absorbed

The average man fails not because he lacks ability, but because he lacks ability to concentrate.

她有( tā yǒu)
预言的( yù yán de) vatic
能力(néng lì) capability

She has a gift for prophecy.

要说(yào shuō) as for
就要(jiù yào) will
说得(shuōde)
有力量 ,
使(shǐ) envoy
对方(duì fāng) counterpart
失去(shī qù) to lose
反击(fǎn jī) to beat back
(dedì) of
能力(néng lì) capability

If you're going to say it, you have to say it with force, and take away your opponent's ability to retaliate.

(xiǎo) few
明的(míngde) wasserhelle
自控(zì kòng) automatic control
能力(néng lì) capability
很差( hěn chā)

Xiaoming has really poor self-control.

小明(xiǎomíng)
同学(tóng xué) fellow student
管理(guǎn lǐ) management
能力(néng lì) capability
很强( hěn qiáng)

My classmate, Xiao Ming, has strong managerial capability.

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