能
néng HSK1

to be able

能 néng
can auxiliary
can; be able to; be capable of; to have the permission or possibility to do something

你能留下来吃晚饭吗？

nǐ néng liú xià​lai chī wǎn​fàn ma?

Can you stay for dinner?

我能帮你们找到他们。

wǒ néng bāng nǐ​men zhǎo dào tā​men.

I can help you find them.

may adverb
(of a future event) to be possible; maybe; used in a speculative or conjectural sense
ability noun
(bound form) ability; capability; talent
energy noun
(physics) energy; power
talented adjective
(bound form) capable; talented; (noun) a person of ability
Noh
Japanese Noh drama
Neng
the surname Neng
merely
(classical) only; merely; just
harmonious
(classical) to be in harmony with; to get along well with; to be on good terms with
legendary animal
(classical) a legendary bear-like creature with deer-like feet
to reach
(classical) to reach; to amount to
would rather
(classical) rather; would rather; used to indicate preference

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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
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)