能干 (nénggàn) means Competent (capable). Below are 3 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
她是个很 能干 的人。
Tā shì ge hěn nénggàn de rén.
She is a very capable person.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 能干
这个年轻人真 能干 。
Zhège niánqīng rén zhēn nénggàn.
This young man is really competent.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 能干
他的媳妇很 能干 。
Tā de xífù hěn nénggàn.
His daughter-in-law is very capable.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 媳妇
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Questions about 能干
How is 能干 used in a sentence?
This page shows 3 sentences using 能干 (nénggàn, "Competent (capable)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 能干 an HSK word?
Yes — 能干 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 能干?
The dictionary page for 能干 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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