能幹

See also: 能干

Chinese

		ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able	main part of something; to manage; to work main part of something; to manage; to work; to do; capable; tree trunk; to kill (slang)
trad. (能幹)		能	幹
simp. (能干)		能	干

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): nénggàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄥˊ ㄍㄢˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nen² gan⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nang⁴ gon³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nèn-kon
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng-kàn / nn̂g-kàn
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶nen-koe₅

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nénggàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄥˊ ㄍㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nénggàn
    • Wade–Giles: nêng²-kan⁴
    • Yale: néng-gàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nenggann
    • Palladius: нэнгань (nɛnganʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɤŋ³⁵ kän⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nen² gan⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lengan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nən²¹ kan²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nang⁴ gon³
    • Yale: nàhng gon
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nang⁴ gon³
    • Guangdong Romanization: neng⁴ gon³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐŋ²¹ kɔːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nèn-kon
    • Hakka Romanization System: nen^ˇ gon
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nen² gon⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /nen¹¹ kon⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-kàn
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-kàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lengkaxn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ kan²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² kan²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kan¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kan²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nn̂g-kàn
    • Tâi-lô: nn̂g-kàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nngkaxn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nŋ̍²⁴⁻²² kan⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶nen-koe₅
    • MiniDict: nen^去 koe^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nen-koe₂
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /nən²² kø⁴⁴/

Adjective

能幹

1. competent; capable

   你那麼能幹，絕不要被小事牽累。 [MSC, trad.]
   你那么能干，绝不要被小事牵累。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ nàme nénggàn, jué bùyào bèi xiǎoshì qiānlěi. [Pinyin]

   You're so competent; don't ever let something trivial tie you down.

Noun

能幹

1. (Wu, Christianity, dated) power; authority
   • 1897, DA-ING PENG-KOH TEH NGA-KOH SING-SHÜ WE 大英本國搭外國聖書會, editor, SING-IAH SHÜ 新約書:

     Ing-yü koh-veng, neng-kön, yüong-wa, si-si-de-de tu z Ng-ke. (original romanization)

     因為國份，能幹，榮華，世世代代都是爾个。 [Wu, trad.]
     因为国份，能干，荣华，世世代代都是尔个。 [Wu, simp.]

     For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and for ever.

Synonyms

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• 使得 (sai² dak¹) (Cantonese)
• 停當／停当 (tíngdàng) (literary)
• 利霸 (Xiang)
• 得力 (délì)
• 會做／会做 (ŏ̤-ca̿) (Northern Min)
• 會攝／会摄 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 有狠 (iou³ hen³) (Xiang)
• 行市 (hang² si⁴) (Sichuanese)