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能够

nénggòu

to be able to

HSK 2 · Topic “Modals and markers”
A person lifting a heavy box
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Characters in this word

能 néng

Strokes
10
Radical
⺼ — meat, flesh
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

够 gòu

Strokes
11
Radical
夕 — evening, night, dusk
Made of
句 sentence, clause, phrase, paragraph 多 much, many, multi-
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 我能够帮你。 Wǒ nénggòu bāng nǐ. I can help you.
  • 他能够来吗？ Tā nénggòu lái ma? Can he come?
  • 你能够做好。 Nǐ nénggòu zuò hǎo. You can do it well.

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