岂能
qǐ​néng

how could

  • created reference approved 岂能/豈能 → 怎能 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    岂能 / 豈能 qǐ​néng

    怎能 zěn​néng

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 岂能/豈能 · qǐ​néng · how could — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    岂能 / 豈能

    qǐ​néng

    how could

    (literary) how could one; how is it possible that; used in rhetorical questions to express that something is impossible or should not be done

    岂 (literal) → 岂/豈 · qǐ · how 能 (literal) → 能 · néng · can

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense