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能力

néng lì

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Measure word 个

能力 (néng lì) means "capability". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 能力 means

1. capability
2. ability

The characters in 能力

• 能néngcan; to be able to; might possibly
• 力lìpower; force; strength

Example sentences

• 她有预言的能力。
  Tā yǒu yùyán de nénglì.
  She has a gift for prophecy.

Words containing 能力

• 生产能力shēng chǎn néng lìmanufacturing ability; production capacity
• 有能力yǒu néng lìable
• 处理能力chǔ lǐ néng lìprocessing capability; throughput
• 活动能力huó dòng néng lìmobility; motility
• 执政能力zhí zhèng néng lìgoverning capacity
• 作证能力zuò zhèng néng lìcompetence
• 领导能力lǐng dǎo néng lìleadership (ability)
• 语言能力yǔ yán néng lìverbal ability
• 变现能力biàn xiàn néng lìliquidity; marketability
• 流变能力liú biàn néng lìrheology
• 元语言能力yuán yǔ yán néng lìmetalinguistic ability
• 生育能力shēng yù néng lìfertility; ability to have children
• 载重能力zài zhòng néng lìweight-carrying capacity
• 超能力chāo néng lìsuperpower; superhuman power
• 劳动能力láo dòng néng lìability to work
• 读写能力dú xiě néng lìliteracy
• 抗药能力kàng yào néng lìdrug-resistance (of a pathogen)
• 胜任能力shèng rèn néng lìcompetency
• 钞能力chāo néng lì(colloquial) wealth; financial clout (pun on 超能力
• 大学学科能力测验Dà xué Xué kē Néng lì Cè yànGeneral Scholastic Ability Test (college entrance exam in Taiwan)
• 华语文能力测验Huá yǔ wén Néng lì Cè yànTOCFL (Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language)

Where 能力 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Career advancement (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read néng lì correctly.
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