能否

Chinese

		ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able	clogged; evil; to negate clogged; evil; to negate; to deny; not
trad. (能否)		能	否
simp. #(能否)		能	否

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): néngfǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄥˊ ㄈㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nang⁴ fau²
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): lêng⁵ hou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: néngfǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄥˊ ㄈㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: néngfǒu
    • Wade–Giles: nêng²-fou³
    • Yale: néng-fǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nengfoou
    • Palladius: нэнфоу (nɛnfou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɤŋ³⁵ foʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nang⁴ fau²
    • Yale: nàhng fáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nang⁴ fau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: neng⁴ feo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐŋ²¹ fɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lêng⁵ hou²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lêng hóu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hou⁵²/

Adverb

能否

1. whether or not; can it or can't it?; is it possible?

Synonyms

• 可否 (kěfǒu)