能夠

See also: 能够

Chinese

	ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able	to reach; to be enough
trad. (能夠/能够)	能	夠/够
simp. (能够)	能	够
alternative forms	能彀能勾

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): nénggòu

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄥˊ ㄍㄡˋ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): нынгу (nɨngu, I-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): nang⁴ gau³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): nn̂g-kiò / lêng-kò͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): lêng⁵ gou³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nénggòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄥˊ ㄍㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nénggòu
  - Wade–Giles: nêng²-kou⁴
  - Yale: néng-gòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nenggow
  - Palladius: нэнгоу (nɛngou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɤŋ³⁵ koʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: нынгу (nɨngu, I-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nəŋ²⁴ kou²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: nang⁴ gau³
  - Yale: nàhng gau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nang⁴ gau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: neng⁴ geo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐŋ²¹ kɐu̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nn̂g-kiò
  - Tâi-lô: nn̂g-kiò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: nngkioix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nŋ̍²⁴⁻²² kio⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-kò͘
  - Tâi-lô: lîng-kòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lengkox
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² kɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kɔ²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lêng⁵ gou³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lêng kòu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /leŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kou²¹³/

Middle Chinese: nong kuw

Rime
Character	能	夠
Reading #	2/4	2/2
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	登 (129)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	奴登切	古侯切
Baxter	nong	kuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nəŋ/	/kəu/
Pan Wuyun	/nəŋ/	/kəu/
Shao Rongfen	/nəŋ/	/kəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nəŋ/	/kəw/
Li Rong	/nəŋ/	/ku/
Wang Li	/nəŋ/	/kəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/nəŋ/	/kə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	néng	gōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nang⁴	gau¹

Verb

能夠

can; to be able to; to be capable of
不存在的東西，我怎麼能夠看得到？ [MSC, trad.]
不存在的东西，我怎么能够看得到？ [MSC, simp.]
Bù cúnzài de dōngxi, wǒ zěnme nénggòu kàn de dào? [Pinyin]
How can I see that which does not exist?

這件事並非你一人之力能夠定乾坤的。 [MSC, trad.]
这件事并非你一人之力能够定乾坤的。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhè jiàn shì bìngfēi nǐ yīrén zhī lì nénggòu dìng qiánkūn de. [Pinyin]
This course of events cannot be determined by you alone.

她希望能夠在學術史上留名。 [MSC, trad.]
她希望能够在学术史上留名。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā xīwàng nénggòu zài xuéshùshǐ shàng liúmíng. [Pinyin]
She hopes to be able to make a name for herself in the history of scholarship.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 可以 (“can; may”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		可, 可以, 得
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		可, 可以, 得
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	可以
	Malaysia	可以
	Singapore	可以
Cantonese	Guangzhou	可以, 得 >
	Hong Kong	可以, 得 >
	Taishan	可以
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	可以
	Singapore (Guangfu)	可以
Gan	Nanchang	做得
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	做得
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	做得, 可以, 使得
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	做得
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	使得, 做得
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	做得
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	會用
	Kuching (Hepo)	做得
	Singapore (Dabu)	做得
Northern Min	Jian'ou	使得, 會使得
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	會使
Southern Min	Xiamen	會使, 會當, 會做, 會用, 會用得, 會得, 會得通, 會通, 通
	Quanzhou	會做, 會做得, 會用, 會用得, 會得, 會得通, 會通, 通
	Zhangzhou	會使, 會當, 會用, 會用得, 會得, 會得通, 會通, 通
	Taipei	會使, 會當
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	會使, 會當
	Kaohsiung	會用得, 會使, 會當
	Yilan	會使, 會當
	Changhua (Lukang)	會使, 會當
	Taichung	會用得, 會使得
	Tainan	會用得, 會使, 會當, 會得, 會得通, 通
	Hsinchu	會用得, 會使
	Kinmen	會使, 會當
	Penghu (Magong)	會使, 會當
	Penang (Hokkien)	會, 會使
	Singapore (Hokkien)	會使, 會做, 會用, 會得, 會當, 會通
	Manila (Hokkien)	會做, 會用, 會用得, 會做得
	Medan (Hokkien)	會使
	Chaozhou	可以
	Jieyang	好, 可以
	Haifeng	會得
	Singapore (Teochew)	會使, 會得
	Wenchang	可以
	Qionghai	可以
	Singapore (Hainanese)	可以
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	得
Wu	Shanghai	好, 可以
	Suzhou	好
	Ningbo	好
Xiang	Changsha	做得, 可以得
Note	> - used after the verb