功能

Chinese

		merit; achievement; result merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment	ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able
trad. (功能)		功	能
simp. #(功能)		功	能

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngnéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄋㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ nang⁴

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kûng-nèn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gung¹ nên²

• Eastern Min (BUC): gŭng-nèng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kong-nn̂g / kong-lêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gong¹ lêng⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹kon-nen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngnéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄋㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongnéng
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-nêng²
    • Yale: gūng-néng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongneng
    • Palladius: гуннэн (gunnɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ nɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ nang⁴
    • Yale: gūng nàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ nang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ neng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ nɐŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-nèn
    • Hakka Romanization System: gung´ nenˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹ nen²
    • Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴ nen¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gung¹ nên²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʊŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ nɛn¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gŭng-nèng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuŋ⁵⁵ nˡɛiŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-nn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: kong-nn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongnngg
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ nŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-lêng
    • Tâi-lô: kong-lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongleeng
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gong¹ lêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kong lêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koŋ³³⁻²³ leŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹kon-nen
    • MiniDict: kon^平 nen
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kon-nen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koŋ⁵⁵ nən²¹/

Noun

功能

1. function; feature; capability; competence

   腎功能／肾功能  ―  shèn gōngnéng  ―  kidney function

   認知功能／认知功能  ―  rènzhī gōngnéng  ―  cognitive function

   非功能測試／非功能测试  ―  fēi gōngnéng cèshì  ―  non-functional testing

   降噪功能  ―  jiàngzào gōngnéng  ―  noise reduction function

   非首都功能  ―  fēi shǒudū gōngnéng  ―  non-capital functions

   我們正在增加一些新功能至Windows。 [MSC, trad.]
   我们正在增加一些新功能至Windows。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒmen zhèngzài zēngjiā yīxiē xīn gōngnéng zhì Windows. [Pinyin]

   We’re in the process of adding some new features to Windows.

   動物的尾巴有什麼功能？ [MSC, trad.]
   动物的尾巴有什么功能？ [MSC, simp.]

   Dòngwù de wěiba yǒu shénme gōngnéng? [Pinyin]

   What are the functions of an animal’s tail?

   這兩臺筆記本雖然外形很像，但是功能上卻差別很大。 [MSC, trad.]
   这两台笔记本虽然外形很像，但是功能上却差别很大。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè liǎng tái bǐjìběn suīrán wàixíng hěn xiàng, dànshì gōngnéng shàng què chābié hěn dà. [Pinyin]

   Although these two notebooks look very similar, their functions are quite different.

Synonyms

• 作用 (zuòyòng)
• 力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 性能 (xìngnéng)
• 機能／机能 (jīnéng)
• 職能／职能 (zhínéng)

 

Derived terms

• 傳播功能／传播功能 (chuánbō gōngnéng)
• 功能團體／功能团体 (gōngnéng tuántǐ)
• 功能性 (gōngnéngxìng)
• 功能手機／功能手机 (gōngnéng shǒujī)
• 功能機／功能机 (gōngnéngjī)
• 功能界別／功能界别 (gōngnéng jièbié)
• 功能翻譯理論／功能翻译理论 (gōngnéng fānyì lǐlùn)
• 功能障礙／功能障碍 (gōngnéng zhàng'ài)
• 多功能 (duōgōngnéng)
• 性功能 (xìnggōngnéng)
• 特異功能／特异功能 (tèyì gōngnéng)
• 肝功能 (gāngōngnéng)
• 肺功能 (fèigōngnéng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (功能):

• → Japanese: 功(こう)能(のう) (kōnō); 功(く)能(のう) (kunō)
• → Korean: 공능(功能) (gongneung)
• → Vietnamese: công năng (功能)

See also

• 功效 (gōngxiào)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “功能” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].