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功能

gōng néng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

功能 (gōng néng) means "function, capability (of a thing)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 功能 means

1. function; capability

The characters in 功能

• 功gōngmeritorious deed or service; achievement; result
• 能néngcan; to be able to; might possibly

Example sentences

• 这手表有防震功能。
  This watch is shock-proof.
• 防水功能可以加分。
  Waterproof features would be a plus.
• 刹车的功能是使车停下。
  The function of the brake is to stop the car.
• 我将增加画龙点睛的功能。
  I'll add the finishing touch.
• 记忆是我们大脑的一种主要功能。
  Jìyì shì wǒmen dànǎo de yīzhǒng zhǔyào gōngnéng.
  Memory is an essential function of our brain.
• 汤姆买了一台新的多功能打印机。
  Tāngmǔ mǎi le yī tái xīn de duōgōngnéng dǎyìnjī.
  Tom bought a new multifunction printer.

Words starting with 功能

• 功能性gōng néng xìngfunctionality
• 功能团gōng néng tuán(chemistry) functional group
• 功能机gōng néng jīfeature phone
• 功能表gōng néng biǎomenu (software)
• 功能集gōng néng jífunction library
• 功能群gōng néng qún(ecology) functional group
• 功能模块gōng néng mó kuàifunctional module
• 功能词gōng néng cífunction word
• 功能饮料gōng néng yǐn liàofunctional beverage
• 功能性磁共振成像gōng néng xìng cí gòng zhèn chéng xiàngfunctional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
• 功能磁共振成像术gōng néng cí gòng zhèn chéng xiàng shùfunctional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)

Words containing 功能

• 特异功能tè yì gōng néngsupernatural power; extrasensory perception
• 多功能duō gōng néngmultifunctional; multifunction
• 多功能表duō gōng néng biǎomultifunction meter (e.g. for gas and electricity supply)
• 勃起功能障碍bó qǐ gōng néng zhàng àierectile dysfunction (ED)
• 甲状腺功能亢进jiǎ zhuàng xiàn gōng néng kàng jìnhyperthyroidism; abbr. to 甲亢

Where 功能 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Ability, Achievement & Excellence (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gōng néng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.