能力

Chinese

		ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able	power; force; strength
trad. (能力)		能	力
simp. ^#(能力)		能	力

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nénglì

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄥˊ ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nang⁴ lik⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nèn-li̍t
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): nn̂g-lia̍k / lêng-le̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): lêng⁵ lag⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nénglì
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄥˊ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nénglì
  - Wade–Giles: nêng²-li⁴
  - Yale: néng-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nenglih
  - Palladius: нэнли (nɛnli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɤŋ³⁵ li⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: nang⁴ lik⁶
  - Yale: nàhng lihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nang⁴ lik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: neng⁴ lig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐŋ²¹ lɪk̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nèn-li̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: nenˇ lid
  - Hagfa Pinyim: nen² lid⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /nen¹¹ lit̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nn̂g-lia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: nn̂g-lia̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: nngliak
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nŋ̍²⁴⁻²² liak̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-le̍k
  - Tâi-lô: lîng-li̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lenglek
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² liɪk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² liɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ liɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ liɪk̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lêng⁵ lag⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lêng la̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /leŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lak̚⁴/

Noun

能力

ability; capability; capacity; faculty; competence
科研能力 ― kēyán nénglì ― research ability

承載能力／承载能力 ― chéngzài nénglì ― carrying capacity

專業能力／专业能力 ― zhuānyè nénglì ― expertise

讀寫能力／读写能力 ― dúxiě nénglì ― ability to read and write; literacy

生育能力 ― shēngyù nénglì ― ability to have children; fertility

能力超群 ― nénglì chāoqún ― to have outstanding ability

語言能力很強／语言能力很强 ― yǔyán nénglì hěn qiáng ― to have a strong capacity for language

他的獨立生活的能力很差。 [MSC, trad.]
他的独立生活的能力很差。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā de dúlì shēnghuó de nénglì hěn chà. [Pinyin]
His ability to live independently is very poor.

Synonyms

Synonyms of 能力

一手 (yīshǒu)
人才 (réncái)
力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
力量 (lìliàng)
功力 (gōnglì)
功夫 (gōngfu) (especially in martial arts)
手段 (shǒuduàn)
手法 (shǒufǎ)
手眼 (shǒuyǎn)
手腕 (shǒuwàn)
手腕子 (Xiang)
才具 (cáijù) (formal)
才力 (cáilì)
才器 (cáiqì) (literary)
才情 (cáiqíng)
才能 (cáinéng)
技巧 (jìqiǎo)
技能 (jìnéng)
把式 (bǎshì) (dialectal)

本事 (běnshì)
能耐 (néngnài) (colloquial)
能量 (néngliàng)
身手 (shēnshǒu)
道行 (dàohéng)
伎倆／伎俩 (jìliǎng) (literary)
兩手／两手 (liǎngshǒu)
才幹／才干 (cáigàn)
才華／才华 (cáihuá)
技藝／技艺 (jìyì)
技術／技术 (jìshù)
招數／招数 (zhāoshù)
本領／本领 (běnlǐng)
材幹／材干 (cáigān) (Classical Chinese)
能為／能为 (néngwéi) (literary, dialectal)
著數／着数 (zhāoshù)
解數／解数 (xièshù)
資力／资力 (zīlì)
路數／路数 (lùshù)

Derived terms

Derived terms from 能力

超能力 (chāonénglì)
降解能力 (jiàngjiě nénglì)
交際能力／交际能力 (jiāojì nénglì)
就業能力／就业能力 (jiùyè nénglì)
權利能力／权利能力 (quánlì nénglì)

無能力／无能力
華語文能力測驗／华语文能力测验 (Huáyǔwén Nénglì Cèyàn)
行為能力／行为能力 (xíngwéi nénglì)
運動能力／运动能力 (yùndòng nénglì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (能力):

→ Japanese: 能(のう)力(りょく) (nōryoku); 能(のう)力(りき) (nōriki)
→ Korean: 능력(能力) (neungnyeok)
→ Vietnamese: năng lực (能力)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
能	力
のう Grade: 5	りき Grade: 1
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
能	力
のう Grade: 5	りょく Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) のーりょく [nóꜜòryòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [no̞ːɾʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

能(のう)力(りょく) or 能(のう)力(りき) • (nōryoku or nōriki)

ability; capability; capacity; faculty
- 2000 April 20, “スロットマシーンＡ(エー)Ｍ(エム)－７(セブン) [Slot Machine AM-7]”, in Magic Ruler －魔法の支配者－, Konami:
  
  スロットに揃(そろ)う数(かず)で能(のう)力(りょく)を変(へん)化(か)させる事(こと)ができるという機(き)械(かい)。
  Surotto ni sorou kazu de nōryoku o henka saseru koto ga dekiru to iu kikai.
  A machine said to be able to change its ability according to the slot numbers.
- 2002 September 19, “アイツ [That Other Guy]”, in 黒魔導の覇者 [Champion of Black Magic], Konami:
  
  非(ひ)常(じょう)に頼(たよ)りない姿(すがた)をしているが、実(じつ)はとてつもない潜(せん)在(ざい)能(のう)力(りょく)を隠(かく)し持(も)っているらしい。
  Hijō ni tayorinai sugata o shite iru ga, jitsu wa totetsu mo nai senzai nōryoku o kakushimotte iru rashii.
  He looks completely unreliable, but he is actually said to have incredible potential.

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
能	力

Noun

能力 • (neungnyeok) (hangeul 능력)

Hanja form^? of 능력 (“capacity, ability”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
能	力

Noun

能力

chữ Hán form of năng lực (“power; ability; energy”).

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