能 néng

能 (néng) is a Chinese character with 10 strokes, taught at HSK level 1. This page gives its meaning, the words it appears in, and characters at the same level.

Meaning

能 means can / be able to in English.

Meanings in 13 languages

English	can / be able to
Spanish	poder
Portuguese	poder
French	pouvoir
German	können
Italian	potere
Russian	мочь
Arabic	يمكن
Hindi	सकना
Indonesian	bisa
Vietnamese	có thể
Japanese	できる
Korean	할 수 있다

Stroke order

Stroke-order animation for this character: open the writing tool with 能 loaded.

Words containing 能

• 我能帮你吗？ wǒ néng bāng nǐ ma? — can I help you?

Characters at the same level