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能干

néng gàn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 能幹

能干 (néng gàn) means "capable, competent". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 能干 means

1. capable
2. competent

The characters in 能干

• 能néngcan; to be able to; might possibly
• 干gāndry; dried food; empty; hollow

Example sentences

• 你很能干。
  You are very competent.
• 你太能干了。
  You're really something.
• 我们谁也能干。
  Any one of us could do it.

Words containing 能干

• 精明能干jīng míng néng gànable and efficient

Where 能干 is taught

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

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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