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Jyutping naa5 nang4
Pinyin nǎ néng

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adv, used in rhetorical questions to express negation
    how; how to; how could
    (syn.) 甲通, 怎能, 安能, 豈可, 岂能, 豈能, 岂可
    • 這麼好的條件,哪能不好好學習呢?
      这么好的条件,哪能不好好学习呢?
      zhè me hǎo de tiáo jiàn , nǎ néng bù hǎo hǎo xué xí ne ?
      With such good conditions, why can't you study well (earnestly)?
  2. adv, Shanghainese-Wu
    how
    (syn.) 咋麼, 何如, 仰般形, 何, 蔣其, 做呢物, 點, 點樣, 咋貌, 將樣, 咋作, 如何, 麼, 咋個, 障仔, 訾那能, 何是, 哪一個樣, GT - General Taiwaneseno specific region identified), 怎樣兒, 作乜, 怎怎, 仰來, 麼家, 乜生, 仰仔, 按怎 GT, 幾何, 怎, 若何, 啷個樣子, 井幹, 麼樣, 咋貌介, 咋的個, 怎麼, 咋個樣子, 啷個, 何以, 啷子樣, 乜生樣, 怎作, 哪能樣子, 訾那, 怎們樣, 做呢樣, 哪能介, 咋麼個, 咋個樣, 哪一個樣子, 哪樣子, 按怎樣 GT, 做呢, 仰子, 仰脣, 哪能, 仰, 咋底, 怎影, 何什, 做物, 何如事, 怎樣, 采翹, 咋樣兒, 怎麼樣兒, 咋, 在生, 哪樣, 捺亨, 何裡, 怎麼樣, 啷樣, 啷, 安難, 仰般, 蔣樣, 怎生, 在生樣, 怎其, 按怎, 麼樣子, 啷個樣
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    在哪能买到入场券?
    在哪能買到入場券?
    zài nǎ néng mǎi dào rù chǎng quàn ?
    • Where can you buy a ticket to get in?
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    这么好的条件,哪能不好好学习呢?
    這麼好的條件,哪能不好好學習呢?
    zhè me hǎo de tiáo jiàn , nǎ néng bù hǎo hǎo xué xí ne ?
    • With such good conditions, why can't you study well (earnestly)?