未能

Chinese

		not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m.	ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able
trad. (未能)		未	能
simp. #(未能)		未	能

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèinéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄋㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶ nang⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèinéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄋㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèinéng
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-nêng²
    • Yale: wèi-néng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyneng
    • Palladius: вэйнэн (vɛjnɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ nɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁶ nang⁴
    • Yale: meih nàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ nang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ neng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²² nɐŋ²¹/

Verb

未能

1. cannot; must not; should not
2. to be unable to; to fail to

   • 肉食者鄙，未能遠謀。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     肉食者鄙，未能远谋。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Ròushízhě bǐ, wèinéng yuǎnmóu. [Pinyin]

     Meat-eaters [high-ranking officials] are fools, they cannot plan ahead.

Synonyms

• 不能 (bùnéng)
• (Hokkien) 𣍐當／𫧃当 (bē-tàng, bōe-tàng)