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how
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ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able
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怎
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能
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怎
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能
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Pronunciation
Adverb
怎能
- (used in rhetorical questions) how could (one possibly); how is (it possible)
他是主管，說話怎能不作準？ [MSC, trad.]
他是主管，说话怎能不作准？ [MSC, simp.]- Tā shì zhǔguǎn, shuōhuà zěnnéng bùzuòzhǔn?
- He is the boss, how can his words not matter?
Synonyms
- 哪能 (nǎnéng)
- 安能 (ānnéng) (literary)
- 抑會使／抑会使 (Hokkien)
- 抑通 (Hokkien)
- 欲汰 (Hokkien)
- 欲汰討／欲汰讨 (Hokkien)
- 甲通 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 豈可／岂可 (qǐkě) (literary)
- 豈能／岂能 (qǐnéng) (literary)