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哪能

哪能

Chinese

which (followed by M or Num); how; (final part. preceded by N)
 
ability; can; may; capable; energy; able
simp. and trad.
(哪能)

Adverb

哪能

  1. (Shanghai, Wu) how
    搿搶哪能 [Shanghainese, trad.]
    搿抢哪能 [Shanghainese, simp.]
    [nʊŋ²³ g̊əʔ¹¹ t͡ɕʰiã²³ nᴀ²² nəɲ⁴⁴] [IPA]
    How are things with you lately?
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 怎麼 (“how”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 如何
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 怎麼
Mandarin Beijing 怎麼
Jinan 怎麼
Xi'an 、咋樣兒
Wuhan 、麼樣、哪樣
Chengdu 咋個、啷個
Yangzhou 井幹
Hefei 怎樣
Cantonese Guangzhou 點樣
Hong Kong 點樣
Gan Nanchang 、啷樣
Hakka Meixian 仰般
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 仰般、仰仔
Liudui (S. Sixian) 仰仔
Hsinchu (Hailu) 仰般
Dongshi (Dabu) 仰脣、
Zhuolan (Raoping) 仰般、仰般形
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 仰子
Jin Taiyuan 、咋底
Min Dong Fuzhou 怎怎、、怎其
Min Nan Xiamen 按怎
Taipei 按怎
Chaozhou 在生、乜生、做呢
Wu Shanghai 哪能
Suzhou 捺亨
Wenzhou 訾那、訾那能
Xiang Changsha 何什
Shuangfeng 麼家
Dialectal synonyms of 怎樣 (“how”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 如何
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 如何怎樣
Mandarin Beijing 怎麼樣兒、怎樣兒
Taiwan 怎麼樣怎樣
Jinan 怎麼樣
Xi'an 咋樣兒
Wuhan 麼樣、麼樣子、哪樣、哪樣子
Chengdu 咋個樣、咋個樣子、啷個樣、啷個樣子
Yangzhou 怎們樣、哪一個樣、哪一個樣子
Hefei 怎樣
Cantonese Guangzhou 點樣
Hong Kong 點樣
Gan Nanchang 啷樣、
Hakka Meixian 仰般
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 仰般、仰仔
Liudui (S. Sixian) 仰仔
Hsinchu (Hailu) 仰般
Dongshi (Dabu) 仰脣、
Zhuolan (Raoping) 仰般、仰般形
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 仰子
Jin Taiyuan 、咋底
Min Dong Fuzhou 將樣蔣樣、蔣其
Min Nan Quanzhou 障仔怎樣按怎
Xiamen 按怎怎樣
Zhangzhou 按怎怎樣
Taipei 按怎、按怎樣
Kaohsiung 按怎、按怎樣
Chaozhou 在生樣、乜生樣、做呢
Wu Shanghai 哪能、哪能介、哪能樣子
Suzhou 捺亨
Wenzhou 訾那、訾那能
Xiang Changsha 何是、何裡
Shuangfeng 麼家

Pronunciation

Adverb

哪能

  1. (used in rhetorical questions to express negation) how; how to; how could
    這麼條件哪能好好學習 [MSC, trad.]
    这么条件哪能好好学习 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhème hǎo de tiáojiàn, nǎnéng bù hǎohǎo xuéxí ne? [Pinyin]
    With such good conditions, why can't you study well (earnestly)?