未能

Chinese

		not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m.	ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able
trad. (未能)		未	能
simp. ^#(未能)		未	能

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wèinéng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄋㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶ nang⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wèinéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄋㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wèinéng
  - Wade–Giles: wei⁴-nêng²
  - Yale: wèi-néng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyneng
  - Palladius: вэйнэн (vɛjnɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ nɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁶ nang⁴
  - Yale: meih nàhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ nang⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ neng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²² nɐŋ²¹/

Verb

未能

cannot; must not; should not
to be unable to; to fail to
- 肉食者鄙，未能遠謀。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  肉食者鄙，未能远谋。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE
  Ròushízhě bǐ, wèinéng yuǎnmóu. [Pinyin]
  Meat-eaters [high-ranking officials] are fools, they cannot plan ahead.

Synonyms

不能 (bùnéng)
(Hokkien) 𣍐當／𫧃当 (bē-tàng, bōe-tàng)

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