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能不能

néng bu néng

HSK 3 · word 1739 of 3,000

Meaning

• can or cannot
• is it possible

Example sentence

Characters in 能不能

• 能 néng can
• 不 bù no; not so

能 can plus 不 not plus 能 — the affirmative-negative question, the same shape as 是不是.

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