能
néngNéng HSK1

to be able

能 néng frequency
can verb
to be able to; to have the capability or possibility of doing something

我能说一点儿中文。

wǒ néng shuō yì​diǎn'ér Zhōng​wén.

I can speak a little Chinese.

ability noun
capability, skill, or talent

他从小就很聪明，五岁就能独立阅读报纸了。

tā cóng xiǎo jiù hěn cōng​ming, wǔ suì jiù néng dú​lì yuè​dú bào​zhǐ le.

He has been smart since he was a child and could read newspapers independently by the age of five.

energy verb
physical energy or power

这种新型汽车利用电能驱动，行驶时非常安静。

zhè zhǒng xīn​xíng qì​chē lì​yòng diàn néng qū​dòng, xíng​shǐ shí fēi​cháng ān​jìng.

This new type of car is electric-powered and runs very quietly.

能 Néng
surname proper name
surname Neng

能先生是这家公司的经理。

Néng xiān​sheng shì zhè jiā gōng​sī de jīng​lǐ.

Mr. Neng is the manager of this company.

Frequency
Character
Written text
35th most common 3438.5 per million
Movie subtitles
29th most common 5158.2 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
4967.9 per million appears in 100% of films
Written text
1269.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+80FD

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)