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Jyutping fong1 nang4
Pinyin fāng néng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. can then (and only then)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我发现一个地方能买到便宜的水果。
    我發現一個地方能買到便宜的水果。
    wǒ fā xiàn yí gè dì fāng néng mǎi dào biàn yí de shuǐ guǒ 。
    • I've found a place to buy cheaper fruits.
  2. Mandarin
    警方能够找到罪犯。
    警方能夠找到罪犯。
    jǐng fāng néng gòu zhǎo dào zuì fàn 。
    • The police were able to find the criminal.
  3. Mandarin
    世界上有什么地方能比得上你的故乡好啊?
    世界上有什麼地方能比得上你的故鄉好啊?
    shì jiè shàng yǒu shén me dì fang néng bǐ dé shàng nǐ de gù xiāng hǎo a ?
    • What place on Earth coulde be better than the place your people came from?
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    解决社会问题方能令市道回稳。
    解決社會問題方能令市道回穩。
    jiě jué shè huì wèn tí fāng néng lìng shì dào huí wěn .
    • Only after solving social issues can the market recover.
  2. Mandarin
    必须把这个目的告诉一切军民人等,方能造成抗日的热潮,使几万万人齐心一致,贡献一切给战争。
    必須把這個目的告訴一切軍民人等,方能造成抗日的熱潮,使幾萬萬人齊心一致,貢獻一切給戰爭。
    bì xū bǎ zhè ge mù dì gào su yī qiè jūn mín rén děng , fāng néng zào chéng kàng rì de rè cháo , shǐ jǐ wàn wàn rén qí xīn yī zhì , gòng xiàn yī qiè gěi zhàn zhēng .
    • We must proclaim this aim to everybody, to all soldiers and civilians, before we can create an anti-Japanese upsurge and unite hundreds of millions as one person to contribute their all to the war.