怎能

Chinese

		how	ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able
trad. (怎能)		怎	能
simp. #(怎能)		怎	能

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zěnnéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄣˇ ㄋㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zam² nang⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zěnnéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄣˇ ㄋㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zěnnéng
    • Wade–Giles: tsên³-nêng²
    • Yale: dzěn-néng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzeenneng
    • Palladius: цзэньнэн (czɛnʹnɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sən²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zam² nang⁴
    • Yale: jám nàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzam² nang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zem² neng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/

Adverb

怎能

1. (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? [Pinyin]

   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)