未能 [－－]

Jyutping mei6 nang4
Pinyin wèi néng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. cannot
  2. to fail to
  3. unable to
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. x
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to be unable to; to fail to
  2. verb
    cannot; must not; should not
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    他们俩都未能找到我们的星球所面临最严重的问题。
    他們倆都未能找到我們的星球所面臨最嚴重的問題。
    tā men liǎ dōu wèi néng zhǎo dào wǒ men de xīng qiú suǒ miàn lín zuì yán zhòng de wèn tí 。
    • They have both failed to find the most serious problem that has ever faced our planet.
  2. Mandarin
    他未能遵守交通规则，结果发生了严重的事故。
    他未能遵守交通規則，結果發生了嚴重的事故。
    tā wèi néng zūn shǒu jiāo tōng guī zé ， jiē guǒ fā shēng le yán zhòng de shì gù 。
    • His failure to observe traffic regulations resulted in a serious accident.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    虽然现时佢哋未能够从压迫佢哋嘅国家分离，但系由对抗、僵持而生嘅国族独立意识日渐成熟。
    雖然現時佢哋未能夠從壓迫佢哋嘅國家分離，但係由對抗、僵持而生嘅國族獨立意識日漸成熟。
    seoi1 jin4 jin6 si4 keoi5 dei6 mei6 nang4 gau3 cung4 aak3 bik1 keoi5 dei6 ge3 gwok3 gaa1 fan1 lei4, daan6 hai6 jau4 deoi3 kong3, goeng1 ci4 ji4 sang1 ge3 gwok3 zuk6 duk6 laap6 ji3 sik1 jat6 zim6 sing4 suk6.
    • Although they couldn't separate from the country that was compressing on them by now, a sense of independence has risen from the process of confrontation and is becoming mature gradually.
  2. Cantonese
    我哋未能取得任何突破。
    我哋未能取得任何突破。
    ngo5 dei6 mei6 nang4 ceoi2 dak1 jam6 ho4 dat6 po3.
    • We fail to obtain any breakthroughs。
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    搞了半天都未能解决，有没有维基人能帮帮忙？
    搞了半天都未能解決，有沒有維基人能幫幫忙？
    gǎo le bàn tiān dōu wèi néng jiě jué ， yǒu méi yǒu wéi jī rén néng bāng bāng máng ？
    • I've been working on this for quite a while, but still am unable to solve the problem. Are there any Wikipedians who can help me out?
  2. Mandarin
    我们因为一切读者的地址被人遗失了，致使未能即刻覆函[…[[#Chinese|]]]
    我們因為一切讀者的地址被人遺失了，致使未能即刻覆函[…[[#Chinese|]]]
    wǒ men yīn wèi yī qiè dú zhě de dì zhǐ bèi rén yí shī le ， zhì shǐ wèi néng jí kè fù hán …
    • Because all of our readers' addresses have been lost, we cannot immediately reply […]