能力

Chinese

		ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able	power; force; strength
trad. (能力)		能	力
simp. #(能力)		能	力

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nénglì

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄥˊ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nang⁴ lik⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nèn-li̍t
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): nn̂g-lia̍k / lêng-le̍k / lêng-lia̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lêng⁵ lag⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nénglì
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄥˊ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nénglì
    • Wade–Giles: nêng²-li⁴
    • Yale: néng-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nenglih
    • Palladius: нэнли (nɛnli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɤŋ³⁵ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nang⁴ lik⁶
    • Yale: nàhng lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nang⁴ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: neng⁴ lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐŋ²¹ lɪk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nèn-li̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: nenˇ lid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nen² lid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /nen¹¹ lit̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nn̂g-lia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: nn̂g-lia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nngliak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nŋ̍²⁴⁻²² liak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lenglek
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² liɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ liɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Hui'an)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-lia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-lia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lengliak
    • IPA (Hui'an): /leŋ²⁴⁻²² liak̚²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lêng⁵ lag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lêng la̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lak̚⁴/

Noun

能力

1. ability; capability; capacity; faculty; competence

   科研能力  ―  kēyán nénglì  ―  research ability

   配套能力  ―  pèitào nénglì  ―  supporting capabilities

   承載能力／承载能力  ―  chéngzài nénglì  ―  carrying capacity

   專業能力／专业能力  ―  zhuānyè nénglì  ―  expertise

   讀寫能力／读写能力  ―  dúxiě nénglì  ―  ability to read and write; literacy

   生育能力  ―  shēngyù nénglì  ―  ability to have children; fertility

   能力超群  ―  nénglì chāoqún  ―  to have outstanding ability

   語言能力很強／语言能力很强  ―  yǔyán nénglì hěn qiáng  ―  to have a strong capacity for language

   他的獨立生活的能力很差。 [MSC, trad.]
   他的独立生活的能力很差。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā de dúlì shēnghuó de nénglì hěn chà. [Pinyin]

   His ability to live independently is very poor.

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)
• 能為／能为 (néngwéi) (literary, dialectal)
• 能耐 (néngnài) (colloquial)
• 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

 

Derived terms

• 交際能力／交际能力 (jiāojì nénglì)
• 就業能力／就业能力 (jiùyè nénglì)
• 性能力 (xìngnénglì)
• 權利能力／权利能力 (quánlì nénglì)
• 無能力／无能力
• 華語文能力測驗／华语文能力测验 (Huáyǔwén Nénglì Cèyàn)
• 行為能力／行为能力 (xíngwéi nénglì)
• 超能力 (chāonénglì)
• 運動能力／运动能力 (yùndòng nénglì)
• 降解能力 (jiàngjiě nénglì)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (能力):

• → Japanese: 能(のう)力(りょく) (nōryoku); 能(のう)力(りき) (nōriki)
• → Korean: 능력(能力) (neungnyeok)
• → Vietnamese: năng lực (能力)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
能	力
のう Grade: 5	りき Grade: 1
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
能	力
のう Grade: 5	りょく Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) の​ーりょく [nóꜜòryòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [no̞ːɾʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

能(のう)力(りょく) or 能(のう)力(りき) • (nōryoku or nōriki) 

1. ability; capability; capacity; faculty
   • 2000 April 20, “スロットマシーンＡ(エー)Ｍ(エム)－７(セブン)”, in Magic Ruler －魔法の支配者－, Konami:

     スロットに揃(そろ)う数(かず)で能(のう)力(りょく)を変(へん)化(か)させる事(こと)ができるという機(き)械(かい)。

     Surotto ni sorou kazu de nōryoku o henka saseru koto ga dekiru to iu kikai.

     A machine said to be able to change its ability according to the slot numbers.

   • 2002 September 19, “アイツ [That Other Guy]”, in 黒魔導の覇者 [Champion of Black Magic], Konami:

     非(ひ)常(じょう)に頼(たよ)りない姿(すがた)をしているが、実(じつ)はとてつもない潜(せん)在(ざい)能(のう)力(りょく)を隠(かく)し持(も)っているらしい。

     Hijō ni tayorinai sugata o shite iru ga, jitsu wa totetsu mo nai senzai nōryoku o kakushimotte iru rashii.

     He looks completely unreliable, but he is actually said to have incredible potential.

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
能	力

Noun

能力 • (neungnyeok) (hangeul 능력)

1. Hanja form^? of 능력 (“capacity, ability”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
能	力

Noun

能力

1. chữ Hán form of năng lực (“power; ability; energy”).