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能量

néngliàng

energy

A person holding a glowing orb
Memory picture

Characters in this word

能 néng

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

量 liáng

Strokes
12
Radical
里 — inside
Made of
旦 dawn 里 inside
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 我有能量了。 Wǒ yǒu néngliàng le. I have energy now.
  • 音乐给我能量。 Yīnyuè gěi wǒ néngliàng. Music gives me energy.
  • 多睡有能量。 Duō shuì yǒu néngliàng. Sleep more, and you will have energy.

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