能 néng can / to be able to / might possibly / ability / (physics) energy syn 气 氣 qì gas / air / smell / weather / to make angry / to annoy / to get angry / vital energy / qi syn 神 shén god / deity / supernatural / magical / mysterious / spirit / mind / energy / lively / expressive / look / expression / (coll.) awesome / amazing syn 能量 néng liàng energy / capabilities syn 能源 néng yuán energy sources / energy 活力 huó lì energy / vitality / vigor / vital force syn 精力 jīng lì energy syn 寄托 寄託 jì tuō to entrust (to sb) / to place (one's hope, energy etc) in / a thing in which one invests (one's hope, energy etc) syn 正气 正氣 zhèng qì healthy atmosphere / moral spirit / unyielding integrity / probity / (TCM) vital energy (resistance to diseases) 气功 氣功 qì gōng qigong, a traditional Chinese system of cultivating vital energy 氣|气[qi4] through coordinated breathing, movement and meditation 朝气蓬勃 朝氣蓬勃 zhāo qì péng bó full of youthful energy (idiom) / vigorous / energetic / a bright spark syn 速成班 sù chéng bān intensive course / crash course 付出 fù chū to pay / to expend / to invest (energy or time) syn 节能 節能 jié néng to conserve energy / to minimize energy consumption syn 强势 強勢 qiáng shì strong / powerful / (linguistics) emphatic / intensive 太阳能 太陽能 tài yáng néng solar energy 密集 mì jí concentrated / crowded together / intensive / compressed syn 定律 dìng lǜ scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts") syn 总能 總能 zǒng néng total energy 科室 kē shì department / administrative division / unit (e.g. intensive care unit) 献身 獻身 xiàn shēn to commit one's energy to / to devote oneself to / to sacrifice one's life for / (coll.) (of a woman) to give one's virginity to syn 透支 tòu zhī (banking) to overdraw / to take out an overdraft / an overdraft / to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue) / (old) to draw one's wage in advance / (fig.) to exhaust (one's enthusiasm, energy etc) / to damage a natural resource through overuse syn 气力 氣力 qì lì strength / energy / vigor / talent syn 白费 白費 bái fèi to waste (one's energy etc) syn 能耗 néng hào energy consumption 电能 電能 diàn néng electrical energy 热能 熱能 rè néng heat energy syn 动能 動能 dòng néng kinetic energy 后劲 後勁 hòu jìn energy to continue after the initial phase of an activity / delayed effect syn 原子能 yuán zǐ néng atomic energy 经络 經絡 jīng luò energy channels / meridian (TCM) / (dialect) trick / tactic syn 邪气 邪氣 xié qì evil influence / unhealthy trend / (a person's) evil air / aura of wickedness / (TCM) pathogenic energy (opposite: 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4], vital energy) syn 高能 gāo néng high energy 正邪 zhèng xié opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4] and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气[xie2 qi4] (TCM) 可再生能源 kě zài shēng néng yuán renewable energy 核能 hé néng nuclear energy syn 能效 néng xiào energy efficiency 精读 精讀 jīng dú to read carefully and thoroughly / intensive reading 集约 集約 jí yuē intensive syn 精神抖擞 精神抖擻 jīng shén dǒu sǒu spirit trembling with excitement (idiom) / in high spirits / lively and full of enthusiasm / full of energy / con brio syn 能源网 néng yuán wǎng Network on Energy 一鼓作气 一鼓作氣 yī gǔ zuò qì in a spurt of energy syn 下工夫 xià gōng fu to put in time and energy / to concentrate one's efforts syn 枉费 枉費 wǎng fèi to waste (one's breath, one's energy etc) / to try in vain syn 耗能 hào néng to consume energy 光能 guāng néng light energy (e.g. solar) 守恒 守恆 shǒu héng conservation (e.g. of energy, momentum or heat in physics) / to remain constant (of a number) 红牛 紅牛 hóng niú Red Bull (energy drink) 内能 內能 nèi néng internal energy 余力 餘力 yú lì energy left over (to do sth else) syn 能源安全 néng yuán ān quán energy security 能源消费 能源消費 néng yuán xiāo fèi energy consumption 内耗 內耗 nèi hào internal friction / internal dissipation of energy (in mechanics) / fig. waste or discord within an organization 势能 勢能 shì néng potential energy syn 加护 加護 jiā hù intensive care (in hospital) 能源需求 néng yuán xū qiú energy requirements 储能 儲能 chǔ néng energy storage 精耕细作 精耕細作 jīng gēng xì zuò intensive farming syn 能级 能級 néng jí energy level 机械能 機械能 jī xiè néng mechanical energy 特护 特護 tè hù special nursing / intensive care / abbr. for 特殊護理|特殊护理[te4 shu1 hu4 li3] 低耗 dī hào low consumption (energy, fuel etc) 精 jīng essence / extract / vitality / energy / semen / sperm / mythical goblin spirit / highly perfected / elite / the pick of sth / proficient (refined ability) / extremely (fine) / selected rice (archaic) syn 化学能 化學能 huà xué néng chemical energy 辐射能 輻射能 fú shè néng radiation energy (e.g. solar) 能量守恒定律 能量守恆定律 néng liàng shǒu héng dìng lǜ the law of conservation of energy 劲 勁 jìn strength / energy / enthusiasm / spirit / mood / expression / interest / CL:把[ba3] / Taiwan pr. [jing4] syn 同化作用 tóng huà zuò yòng assimilation / anabolism (biology) / constructive metabolism (using energy to make proteins etc) 一次能源 yī cì néng yuán primary energy 二次能源 èr cì néng yuán secondary energy 精读课 精讀課 jīng dú kè intensive reading course 加护病房 加護病房 jiā hù bìng fáng (Tw) intensive care unit (ICU) 特别护理 特別護理 tè bié hù lǐ intensive care 特殊护理 特殊護理 tè shū hù lǐ special care / intensive nursing 特护区 特護區 tè hù qū intensive care department (of hospital) 重病特护 重病特護 zhòng bìng tè hù intensive care 重病特护区 重病特護區 zhòng bìng tè hù qū intensive care department (of hospital) 低成本劳动密集型技术 low-cost labour-intensive technology 加强看管 加強看管 intensive care 高碳矿物燃料 高碳礦物燃料 gāo tàn kuàng wù rán liào carbon-intensive fossil fuel 集约农业 集約農業 intensive agriculture 集约耕作制度 集約耕作制度 intensive cropping system 劳动密集型技术 勞動密集型技術 labour-intensive technology 资本密集技术 資本密集技術 capital-intensive technology 特护病床 特護病床 intensive care hospital bed 劳力密集的 勞力密集的 labour-intensive 劳动强度高的 勞動強度高的 labour-intensive 强势型风险 強勢型風險 intensive risk 资本密集 資本密集 capital-intensive 劳动密集型产业 勞動密集型產業 labour-intensive industry 就业密集型增长 就業密集型增長 employment-intensive growth 劳动力密集型特别公共工程方桉 勞動力密集型特別公共工程方案 Special Labour Intensive Public Works Programme 劳动力密集公共工程方桉 勞動力密集公共工程方案 Labour Intensive Public Works Programme 重症监护 重症監護 zhòng zhèng jiān hù intensive care 重症监护室 重症監護室 zhòng zhèng jiān hù shì intensive care unit (ICU) 可再生能源和能效伙伴关系 Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership 能量平衡 energy balance / energy budget 能量结算 energy balance / energy budget 