néng​bu​néng HSK3

whether or not

  1. néng auxiliary
    can
    can; be able to; be capable of; to have the permission or possibility to do something
  2. bu particle
    [potential]
    Used between a verb and its result to show that the action cannot achieve that result; used as the negative form of the de potential construction
  3. néng auxiliary
    can
    can; be able to; be capable of; to have the permission or possibility to do something