Measure word
- 个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested
Stroke order
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How it used to be written
能
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Bronze script 西周早期 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 14 forms
力
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 12 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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他有能力比我做得更好。
He is able to do it better than I am.
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他没能力做这个工作。
He will not be able to do the work.
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但我有能力烧得好菜。
But I am able to cook well.
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动物没有区分真假的能力。
Animals can't distinguish between true and false.
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大多数人认为计算机永远不会有思考的能力。
Most people think computers will never be able to think.
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她有预言的能力。
She has a gift for prophecy.
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据说美国人把一个人的收入视为评判他能力的重要尺度。
Americans are said to regard the amount of money a man makes as a criterion of his ability.
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松鼠有很好的攀爬能力。
Squirrels are very good climbers.