怎能

Chinese

		how	ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able
trad. (怎能)		怎	能
simp. ^#(怎能)		怎	能

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zěnnéng

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄣˇ ㄋㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zam² nang⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zěnnéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄣˇ ㄋㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zěnnéng
  - Wade–Giles: tsên³-nêng²
  - Yale: dzěn-néng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzeenneng
  - Palladius: цзэньнэн (czɛnʹnɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sən²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ nɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zam² nang⁴
  - Yale: jám nàhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzam² nang⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zem² neng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/

Adverb

怎能

(used in rhetorical questions) how could (one possibly); how is (it possible)
他是主管，說話怎能不作準？ [MSC, trad.]
他是主管，说话怎能不作准？ [MSC, simp.]
Tā shì zhǔguǎn, shuōhuà zěnnéng bùzuòzhǔn? [Pinyin]
He is the boss, how can his words not matter?

Synonyms

哪能 (nǎnéng)
安能 (ānnéng) (literary)
甲通 (Min Nan)

豈可／岂可 (qǐkě) (literary)
豈能／岂能 (qǐnéng) (literary)

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