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无能

wú néng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 無能

无能 (wú néng) means "incompetence; inability; incapable". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 无能 means

1. incompetence
2. inability
3. incapable
4. powerless

The characters in 无能

• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 能néngcan; to be able to; might possibly

Example sentences

• 我对此无能为力。
  Wǒ duì cǐ wúnéngwéilì.
  There's nothing I can do about it.
• 我无能对你说谎。
  I can't lie to you.
• 我们也无能为力。
  There's nothing we can do to help.

Words starting with 无能

• 无能为力wú néng wéi lì(idiom) powerless to do anything about it

Words containing 无能

• 庸碌无能yōng lù wú néngmediocre and incompetent

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