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ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able |
to withstand; to bear
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Etymology
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Pronunciation
Note: Toneless final syllable for noun sense only.
Noun
能耐
- (colloquial) skill; resourcefulness
Synonyms
- 一手
- 人才 (réncái)
- 伎倆／伎俩 (jìliǎng) (literary)
- 俊才 (jùncái)
- 兩手／两手 (liǎngshǒu)
- 力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
- 力量 (lìliàng)
- 功力 (gōnglì)
- 功夫 (gōngfu) (especially in martial arts)
- 天才 (tiāncái) (genius)
- 才具 (cáijù) (formal)
- 才力 (cáilì)
- 才器 (cáiqì) (literary)
- 才幹／才干 (cáigàn)
- 才情 (cáiqíng)
- 手段 (shǒuduàn)
- 手法 (shǒufǎ)
- 手眼 (shǒuyǎn)
- 才能
- 手腕 (shǒuwàn)
- 手腕子 (shou3 onn3 zr) (Xiang)
- 才華／才华 (cáihuá)
- 技巧 (jìqiǎo)
- 把式 (bǎshì) (dialectal)
- 技能 (jìnéng)
- 技藝／技艺 (jìyì)
- 技術／技术 (jìshù)
- 招數／招数 (zhāoshù)
- 本事
- 本領／本领 (běnlǐng)
- 材幹／材干 (cáigān) (Classical Chinese)
- 能力 (nénglì)
- 能為／能为 (néngwéi) (literary, dialectal)
- 能量 (néngliàng)
- 花頭／花头 (Wu)
- 著數／着数
- 解數／解数
- 資力／资力 (zīlì)
- 路數／路数 (lùshù)
- 身手 (shēnshǒu)
- 道行
Adjective
能耐
- (colloquial) capable
Verb
能耐
- to be able to withstand; to be tolerant