豈能

Chinese

		how can it be that	ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able
trad. (豈能)		豈	能
simp. (岂能)		岂	能

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐnéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄋㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² nang⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐnéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄋㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐnéng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-nêng²
    • Yale: chǐ-néng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiineng
    • Palladius: цинэн (cinɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² nang⁴
    • Yale: héi nàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² nang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² neng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/

Adverb

豈能

1. (literary, used in a rhetorical question implying a negative answer) how could (one possibly); how is (it possible)

Synonyms

• 哪能 (nǎnéng)
• 安能 (ānnéng) (literary)
• 怎能 (zěnnéng)
• 抑會使／抑会使 (Hokkien)
• 抑通 (Hokkien)
• 欲汰 (Hokkien)
• 欲汰討／欲汰讨 (Hokkien)
• 甲通 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 豈可／岂可 (qǐkě) (literary)