哪能

哪能

Chinese

		which	ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able
simp. and trad. (哪能)		哪	能

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǎnéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˇ ㄋㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naa⁵ nang⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): ná-nn̂g / ná-lêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: nǎnéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˇ ㄋㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naaneng
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǎnéng
    • IPA ^(key): /nä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ nɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: naa⁵ nang⁴
    • Yale: náh nàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naa⁵ nang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: na⁵ neng⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /näː¹³ nɐŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ná-nn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: ná-nn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nafnngg
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ná-lêng
    • Tâi-lô: ná-lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nafleeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³/

Adverb

哪能

1. (used in rhetorical questions to express negation) how; how to; how could

   這麼好的條件，哪能不好好學習呢？ [MSC, trad.]
   这么好的条件，哪能不好好学习呢？ [MSC, simp.]

   Zhème hǎo de tiáojiàn, nǎnéng bù hǎohǎo xuéxí ne? [Pinyin]

   With such good conditions, why can't you study well (earnestly)?

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 甲通

Pronunciation

• Wu (Wiktionary): na nen (T3)

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• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: na nen (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /na̱²² nəɲ⁴⁴/

Adverb

哪能

1. (Shanghai, Wu) how

   儂搿搶哪能？ [Shanghainese, trad.]
   侬搿抢哪能？ [Shanghainese, simp.]

   [nʊŋ²³ g̊əʔ¹¹ t͡ɕʰiã²³ na̱²² nəɲ⁴⁴] [IPA]

   How are things with you lately?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 怎麼 (“how”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		何, 如何
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		怎麼
Mandarin	Beijing	怎麼
	Jinan	怎麼
	Xi'an	咋, 咋樣兒
	Wuhan	麼, 麼樣, 哪樣
	Chengdu	咋, 咋個, 啷個
	Yangzhou	井幹
	Hefei	怎樣, 怎
Cantonese	Guangzhou	點, 點樣
	Hong Kong	點, 點樣
	Taishan	幾何
Gan	Nanchang	啷, 啷樣
Hakka	Meixian	仰般
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	仰般, 仰仔
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	仰仔
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	仰般
	Dongshi (Dabu)	仰脣, 仰
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	仰般, 仰般形
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	仰子
Jin	Taiyuan	咋, 咋底
Min Dong	Fuzhou	怎怎, 怎, 怎其
Min Nan	Xiamen	按怎, 怎影
	Taipei	按怎
	Penang	按怎
	Chaozhou	在生, 乜生, 做呢
Wu	Shanghai	哪能
	Suzhou	捺亨
	Wenzhou	訾那, 訾那能
Xiang	Changsha	何什
	Shuangfeng	麼家

Dialectal synonyms of 怎樣 (“how”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		如何
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		如何, 怎樣
Mandarin	Beijing	怎麼樣兒, 怎樣兒
	Taiwan	怎麼樣, 怎樣
	Jinan	怎麼樣
	Xi'an	咋樣兒
	Wuhan	麼樣, 麼樣子, 哪樣, 哪樣子
	Chengdu	咋個樣, 咋個樣子, 啷個樣, 啷個樣子
	Yangzhou	怎們樣, 哪一個樣, 哪一個樣子
	Hefei	怎樣
Cantonese	Guangzhou	點樣, 點
	Hong Kong	點樣, 點
	Taishan	幾何
Gan	Nanchang	啷樣, 啷
Hakka	Meixian	仰般
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	仰般, 仰仔
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	仰仔
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	仰般
	Dongshi (Dabu)	仰脣, 仰
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	仰般, 仰般形
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	仰子
Jin	Taiyuan	咋, 咋底
Min Dong	Fuzhou	將樣, 蔣樣, 蔣其
Min Nan	Xiamen	按怎, 怎樣
	Quanzhou	障仔, 怎樣, 按怎
	Zhangzhou	按怎, 怎樣
	Taipei	按怎, 按怎樣
	Kaohsiung	按怎, 按怎樣
	Penang	按怎
	Philippines (Manila)	障仔, 怎樣
	Chaozhou	在生樣, 乜生樣, 做呢
Wu	Shanghai	哪能, 哪能介, 哪能樣子
	Suzhou	捺亨
	Wenzhou	訾那, 訾那能
Xiang	Changsha	何是, 何裡
	Shuangfeng	麼家