豈能

Chinese

		how can it be that	ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able
trad. (豈能)		豈	能
simp. (岂能)		岂	能

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǐnéng

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄋㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² nang⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qǐnéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄋㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǐnéng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi³-nêng²
  - Yale: chǐ-néng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiineng
  - Palladius: цинэн (cinɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei² nang⁴
  - Yale: héi nàhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei² nang⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi² neng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/

Adverb

豈能

(literary, used in a rhetorical question implying a negative answer) how could (one possibly); how is (it possible)

Synonyms

哪能 (nǎnéng)
安能 (ānnéng) (literary)
怎能 (zěnnéng)
抑會使／抑会使 (Hokkien)
抑通 (Hokkien)
欲汰 (Hokkien)
欲汰討／欲汰讨 (Hokkien)
甲通 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
豈可／岂可 (qǐkě) (literary)

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