能干 nénggàn

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Traditional form

能幹

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

能 Néng

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a bear holding meat in its mouth. Based on the original meaning "bear". The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "ability; power".

Positional decomposition

⿰⿱厶⺼⿱匕匕

Number of Strokes

干 gān

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a shild. In simplified Chinese 干 gān is also used to mean "dry", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 乾 gān . In simplified Chinese 干 gān is also used to mean "tree trunk; do", while in traditional Chinese this m

Positional decomposition

⿱一十

Number of Strokes

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究竟 jiūjìng 是 shì 谁 shuí 能 Néng 干 gān 出 chū 这种 zhè zhǒng 可怕 kěpà 的 de 事 shì 呢 ne ?

Whoever could have done such a dreadful thing?

安东尼奥是 shì 个 gè 瘦小 shòu xiǎo 的 de 小家伙, 身体 shēntǐ 还 Huán 不 bù 壮 Zhuàng ,还不能 Néng 干活 gàn huó .

Antonio was a puny lad, and not strong enough to work.

好 hǎo , 你 nǐ 真 zhēn 能干 nénggàn , 能干 nénggàn 得 dé 输 shū 给 gěi 我 wǒ 了 le 〔反语 fǎn yǔ 〕.

Well, you are a beauty, you've lost me the game.

把 bǎ 夜里 yè li 的 de 事 shì 交给 jiāo gěi 梦 mèng ,白天 bái tiān 的事交给手脚 shǒu jiǎo , 他 tā 仿 fǎng 佛 Fó 是 shì 个 gè 能 Néng 干活 gàn huó 的 de 死 sǐ 人 rén .

His nights filled with dreams, his days with work - just like a zombie.

她 tā 虽 suī 老 lǎo 但 dàn 仍然 réngrán 很 hěn 能 Néng 干 gān .

She is old but still able.

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 能干 nénggàn and their own compounds.

能 Néng

月 yuè , 匕 bǐ , 厶 sī

干 gān

一 yī , 十 shí

See all 148 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 能干 nénggàn in their composition.

能 Néng

熊 Xióng

羆 pí

螚 nài , 褦 nài , 態 tài , 熋

干 gān

平 Píng

评 píng , 苹 píng , 砰 pēng , 坪 píng , 抨 pēng , 呯 píng , 秤 chèng , 怦 pēng , 鲆 píng , 枰 píng , 伻 bēng , 匉 pēng , 泙 píng , 玶 píng , 閛 pēng , 岼, 胓, 蚲, 評 píng , 軯, 駍, 鮃 píng

幸 xìng

睪 yì

擇 zé

蘀, 籜

睾 gāo , 譯 yì , 繹 yì , 墿, 嬕, 曎, 歝

報 bào

蕔 bāo

逹 dá

躂 tà , 繨 dá , 鐽, 噠 dā , 墶, 撻 tà , 橽, 澾, 燵, 薘, 蟽, 闥, 韃 dá

執 zhí

摯 zhì , 墊 diàn , 蓻

悻 xìng , 倖 xìng , 圉 yǔ , 婞 xìng , 涬 xìng , 啈, 墇, 瓡, 緈

旱 hàn

悍 hàn , 焊 hàn , 捍 hàn , 垾 hàn , 睅 hàn , 筸 gān , 駻 hàn , 哻, 娨, 晘, 桿 gān , 猂, 皔, 稈 gǎn , 貋, 趕 gǎn , 銲 hàn

幵 qiān

姸 yán , 硏 yán , 豣 jiān , 筓, 詽, 郉, 銒

幷 bìng

甁 píng , 倂 bìng

旰 gàn

岸 àn

堓, 婩, 硸, 錌

乕 hǔ

逓 dì

叢 cóng

欉, 灇, 爜

幹 gàn

擀 gǎn

軒 xuān

赶 gǎn , 奸 jiān , 汗 hán , 杆 gān , 肝 gān , 罕 hǎn , 刊 kān , 竿 gān , 鼾 hān , 轩 xuān , 秆 gǎn , 扞, 酐 gān , 讦 jié , 圱 qiān , 姧 jiān , 攼 hàn , 犴 àn , 玕 gān , 矸 gān , 虷 gān , 衎 kàn , 豻 àn , 邗 hán , 釬, 闬 hàn , 靬 jiān , 顸 hān , 馯 hàn , 骭 gàn , 亁, 仠, 屽, 忓, 栞, 烎, 癷, 皯, 盰, 芉, 衦, 覝, 訐, 迀, 閈, 頇, 飦, 鳱, 麉