"未能" meaning in Chinese

See 未能 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /weɪ̯⁵¹ nɤŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /mei̯²² nɐŋ²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /weɪ̯⁵¹ nɤŋ³⁵/, /mei̯²² nɐŋ²¹/ Chinese transliterations: wèinéng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨㄟˋ ㄋㄥˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], mei⁶ nang⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], wèinéng [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], wèinéng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], wei⁴-nêng² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], wèi-néng [Mandarin, Yale], weyneng [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], вэйнэн [Mandarin, Palladius], vɛjnɛn [Mandarin, Palladius], meih nàhng [Cantonese, Yale], mei⁶ nang⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], méi⁶ neng⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 未能
  1. cannot; must not; should not
    Sense id: en-未能-zh-verb-XLPjDmCi Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4
  2. to be unable to; to fail to
    Sense id: en-未能-zh-verb-jzSrMlGA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 不能 (bùnéng), 𣍐當/𫧃当 (bē-tàng, bōe-tàng) [Hokkien]
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    }
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "96 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cannot; must not; should not"
      ],
      "id": "en-未能-zh-verb-XLPjDmCi"
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Meat-eaters [high-ranking officials] are fools, they cannot plan ahead.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
          "roman": "Ròushízhě bǐ, wèinéng yuǎnmóu.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "肉食者鄙,未能遠謀。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Meat-eaters [high-ranking officials] are fools, they cannot plan ahead.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
          "roman": "Ròushízhě bǐ, wèinéng yuǎnmóu.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "肉食者鄙,未能远谋。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be unable to; to fail to"
      ],
      "id": "en-未能-zh-verb-jzSrMlGA",
      "links": [
        [
          "unable",
          "unable"
        ],
        [
          "fail",
          "fail"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wèinéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˋ ㄋㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁶ nang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wèinéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wèinéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei⁴-nêng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wèi-néng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "weyneng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэйнэн"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɛjnɛn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯⁵¹ nɤŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "meih nàhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁶ nang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "méi⁶ neng⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯²² nɐŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯⁵¹ nɤŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯²² nɐŋ²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bùnéng",
      "word": "不能"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bē-tàng, bōe-tàng",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "𣍐當/𫧃当"
    }
  ],
  "word": "未能"
}
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    "Chinese lemmas",
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  "senses": [
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        "cannot; must not; should not"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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      ],
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          "english": "Meat-eaters [high-ranking officials] are fools, they cannot plan ahead.",
          "raw_tags": [
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            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
          "roman": "Ròushízhě bǐ, wèinéng yuǎnmóu.",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "text": "肉食者鄙,未能遠謀。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Meat-eaters [high-ranking officials] are fools, they cannot plan ahead.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
          "roman": "Ròushízhě bǐ, wèinéng yuǎnmóu.",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "text": "肉食者鄙,未能远谋。",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be unable to; to fail to"
      ],
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          "unable",
          "unable"
        ],
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          "fail",
          "fail"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wèinéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˋ ㄋㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁶ nang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wèinéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wèinéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei⁴-nêng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wèi-néng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "weyneng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэйнэн"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɛjnɛn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯⁵¹ nɤŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "meih nàhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁶ nang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "méi⁶ neng⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯²² nɐŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯⁵¹ nɤŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯²² nɐŋ²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "bùnéng",
      "word": "不能"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bē-tàng, bōe-tàng",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "𣍐當/𫧃当"
    }
  ],
  "word": "未能"
}

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