能 干 néng gàn capable / competent 得 力 dé lì able / capable / competent / efficient 行 xíng to walk / to go / to travel / a visit / temporary / makeshift / current / in circulation / to do / to perform / capable / competent / effective / all right / OK! / will do / behavior / conduct / Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense 棒 bàng stick / club / cudgel / smart / capable / strong / wonderful / classifier for legs of a relay race 精 炼 jīng liàn to refine (a substance) / to purify / to refine (one's skills, writing etc) / refined / polished / succinct / skilled / capable 心 灵 手 巧 xīn líng shǒu qiǎo capable / clever / dexterous 有 才 干 yǒu cái gàn capable 干 gàn tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed 干 才 gàn cái ability / capable 强 干 qiáng gàn competent / capable 牛 屄 niú bī awesome / capable (vulgar) / arrogant / cocky / bastard (vulgar) 硬 底 子 yìng dǐ zi (esp. of an actor) strong / capable 能 够 néng gòu to be capable of / to be able to / can 不 行 bù xíng won't do / be out of the question / be no good / not work / not be capable 所 能 suǒ néng according to one's capabilities / what sb is capable of 强 人 qiáng rén (politics) strongman / (in the workplace, esp. of a woman) a highly capable person / (old) robber 力 不 从 心 lì bù cóng xīn less capable than desirable (idiom) / not as strong as one would wish / the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak 能 人 néng rén capable person / Homo habilis, extinct species of upright East African hominid 干 练 gàn liàn capable and experienced 精 干 jīng gàn crack (troops) / special (forces) / highly capable 左 右 手 zuǒ yòu shǒu left and right hands / (fig.) capable assistant / right-hand man 干 将 gàn jiàng capable person 倾 国 倾 城 qīng guó qīng chéng lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful / also written 傾城傾國|倾城倾国[qing1 cheng2 qing1 guo2] 大 器 dà qì very capable person / precious object 贤 明 xián míng wise and capable / sagacious 精 明 强 干 jīng míng qiáng gàn intelligent and capable (idiom) 诤 友 zhèng yǒu a friend capable of direct admonition 材 cái material / timber / ability / aptitude / a capable individual / coffin (old) 能 者 多 劳 néng zhě duō láo it's the most capable people who do the most work (idiom) (intended as consolation for the overworked, or flattery when making a request etc) 刻 苦 耐 劳 kè kǔ nài láo to bear hardships and work hard (idiom) / assiduous and long-suffering / hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity 倾 城 倾 国 qīng chéng qīng guó lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful 妨 功 害 能 fáng gōng hài néng to constrain and limit successful, capable people 可 磁 化 体 kě cí huà tǐ magnetic medium / material capable of being magnetized 干 材 gàn cái capability / capable person 征 马 zhēng mǎ horse capable of long expedition / army horse 牛 B niú bī awesome / capable (vulgar) / arrogant / cocky / bastard (vulgar) 翻 手 为 云 覆 手 变 雨 fān shǒu wéi yún fù shǒu biàn yǔ lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain / very powerful and capable (idiom) 能 诗 善 文 néng shī shàn wén highly literate / lit. capable at poetry, proficient at prose 茂 亲 mào qīn one's capable and virtuous relatives 赑 屃 Bì xì (literary) (Chinese mythology) creature resembling a turtle with the head of a dragon, said to be capable of bearing great loads, often carved as plinths for steles in former times / (literary) strenuous / exerting great force 零 净 耗 能 的 zero net-energy capable 可 能 的 场 所 capable site 可 用 的 设 施 capable site 适 于 作 战 的 mission capable 运 转 正 常 的 mission capable 可 儿 kě ér a person after one's heart (charming person) / capable person 榴 莲 族 liú lián zú worker who is capable but unpleasant to deal with 树 人 shù rén to prepare children to become capable citizens 能 者 多 劳 néng zhě - duō láo (idiom) it's the most capable people who do the most work (intended as consolation for the overworked, or flattery when making a request etc)