哪能

Chinese

		which	ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able
trad. (哪能)		哪	能
simp. #(哪能)		哪	能

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǎnéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˇ ㄋㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naa⁵ nang⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ná-nn̂g / ná-lêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǎnéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˇ ㄋㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǎnéng
    • Wade–Giles: na³-nêng²
    • Yale: nǎ-néng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naaneng
    • Palladius: нанэн (nanɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nä²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naa⁵ nang⁴
    • Yale: náh nàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naa⁵ nang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: na⁵ neng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naː¹³ nɐŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ná-nn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: ná-nn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nafnngg
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ná-lêng
    • Tâi-lô: ná-lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nafleeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³/

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 哪能

1. (used in rhetorical questions to express negation) how; how to; how could

   這麼好的條件，哪能不好好學習呢？ [MSC, trad.]
   这么好的条件，哪能不好好学习呢？ [MSC, simp.]

   Zhème hǎo de tiáojiàn, nǎnéng bù hǎohǎo xuéxí ne? [Pinyin]

   With such good conditions, why can't you study well (earnestly)?

Synonyms

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• 安能 (ānnéng) (literary)
• 怎能 (zěnnéng)
• 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)

 

Etymology 2

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 哪能

1. (Shanghainese, Wu) how

   儂搿搶哪能？ [Shanghainese, trad.]
   侬搿抢哪能？ [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ³non ⁵geq-qian ³na-nen [Wugniu]

   How are things with you lately?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 怎麼 (“how”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		何, 如何
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		怎麼
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	怎麼
	Taiwan	怎麼
	Singapore	怎麼
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	怎麼
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	咋, 咋樣兒
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	咋, 咋的個, 咋麼, 咋麼個
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	咋, 咋個, 啷個
	Chongqing	啷個
	Wuhan	麼, 麼樣, 哪樣
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	井幹
	Hefei	怎樣, 怎
Cantonese	Guangzhou	點, 點樣
	Hong Kong	點, 點樣
	Taishan	幾何
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	點
	Singapore (Guangfu)	點
Gan	Nanchang	啷, 啷樣
Hakka	Meixian	仰般, 仰仔
	Wuhua (Meilin)	仰般
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	仰來
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	仰般, 仰仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	仰仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	仰般
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	仰脣, 仰
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	仰般, 仰般形
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	仰子
Huizhou	Jixi	采翹
Jin	Taiyuan	咋, 咋底
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	怎怎, 怎, 怎其
	Fuqing	安難, 怎生
	Singapore (Fuqing)	安難
Southern Min	Xiamen	按怎, 怎影
	Taipei	按怎
	Penang (Hokkien)	按怎
	Singapore (Hokkien)	按怎
	Manila (Hokkien)	障仔, 按怎, 怎
	Chaozhou	在生, 乜生, 做呢, 做物
	Raoping	做呢
	Shantou	做呢
	Jieyang	做呢
	Haifeng	做呢
	Singapore (Teochew)	做呢, 做物
	Batam (Teochew)	做呢物, 做物
	Wenchang	怎作, 作乜
	Haikou	咋作
	Singapore (Hainanese)	怎作
Wu	Shanghai	哪能
	Suzhou	捺亨
	Ningbo	咋, 咋貌, 咋貌介
	Wenzhou	訾那, 訾那能
Xiang	Changsha	何什, 何裡
	Shuangfeng	麼家

Dialectal synonyms of 怎樣 (“how”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		如何, 何以, 若何
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		如何, 怎樣
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	怎麼樣兒, 怎樣兒
	Taiwan	怎麼樣, 怎樣, 如何
	Malaysia	怎麼樣, 怎樣, 如何
	Singapore	怎麼樣, 怎樣, 如何
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	怎麼樣
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	咋樣兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	咋個樣, 咋個樣子, 啷個樣, 啷個樣子
	Wuhan	麼樣, 麼樣子, 哪樣, 哪樣子
	Guilin	啷子樣
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	怎們樣, 哪一個樣, 哪一個樣子
	Hefei	怎樣
Cantonese	Guangzhou	點樣, 點
	Hong Kong	點樣, 點
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	點樣
	Macau	點樣, 點
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	點
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	點樣, 點樣做
	Foshan	點
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	點
	Foshan (Shunde)	點, 點樣
	Foshan (Sanshui)	點
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	點
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	點子
	Zhongshan (Huancheng)	點子
	Zhongshan (Nanlang)	點子
	Zhongshan (Xiaolan)	點
	Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan)	點, 點樣
	Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan)	點, 點樣
	Zhongshan (Henglan)	點, 點樣
	Zhongshan (Dongfeng)	點, 點樣
	Zhongshan (Nantou)	點, 點樣
	Zhongshan (Fusha)	點, 點樣
	Zhongshan (Shalang)	點, 點樣
	Zhongshan (Gangkou)	點, 點樣
	Zhongshan (Huangpu)	點, 點樣
	Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong)	點, 點樣
	Zhongshan (Minzhong)	點, 點樣
	Zhongshan (Banfu)	點, 點樣
	Zhongshan (Tanzhou)	點, 點樣
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	點樣
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	點
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	點
	Taishan	幾何
	Singapore (Guangfu)	點樣, 點
Gan	Nanchang	啷樣, 啷
Hakka	Meixian	仰般, 仰仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	仰般, 仰仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	仰仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	仰般
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	仰脣, 仰
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	仰般, 仰般形
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	仰子
Jin	Taiyuan	咋, 咋底
Northern Min	Jian'ou	何如, 何如事
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	將樣, 蔣樣, 蔣其
Southern Min	Xiamen	按怎, 怎樣, 啥款
	Quanzhou	障仔, 怎樣, 按怎, 啥款
	Zhangzhou	按怎, 怎樣, 啥款
	Tainan	按怎, 怎仔樣, 怎樣仔, 啥款
	Penang (Hokkien)	按怎
	Singapore (Hokkien)	按怎
	Manila (Hokkien)	障仔, 怎樣
	Chaozhou	在生樣, 乜生樣, 做呢
	Shantou	在生
	Jieyang	在生, 在生樣
	Haifeng	做呢, 做呢樣
	Singapore (Teochew)	做呢, 在生
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	哪, 哪樣
Wu	Shanghai	哪能, 哪能介, 哪能樣子
	Suzhou	捺亨
	Wenzhou	訾那, 訾那能
Xiang	Changsha	何是, 何裡
	Shuangfeng	麼家