可能

Sinoa

Matoanteny

可能

1. ho tratrarina, ho azo atao
2. ny ho mahay, manana ny fahaizana

Fanononana

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): kěnéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ko³ nen²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ho² nang⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ho² nang³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khó-nèn

  (Hailu, HRS): ko^ˊ nen

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ko³ nên²

• Eastern Min (BUC): kō̤-nèng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): kor³ neng²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khó-lêng / khóⁿ-nn̂g

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ko² lêng⁵ / ko² nêng⁵

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵khu-nen / ¹khou₃-nen₂

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kěnéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kěnéng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo³-nêng²
    • Yale: kě-néng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keeneng
    • Palladius: кэнэн (kɛnɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ko³ nen²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kolen
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰo⁵³ nən²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho² nang⁴
    • Yale: hó nàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho² nang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho² neng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ho² nang³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hᵘɔ⁵⁵ ⁿdaŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khó-nèn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ko^ˋ nen^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ko³ nen²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰo³¹ nen¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ko^ˊ nen
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰo²⁴⁻³³ nen⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ko³ nên²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰo³¹ nɛn¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kō̤-nèng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰo³³⁻²¹ nˡɛiŋ⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: kor³ neng² [Phonetic: kor² neng²]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: kô̤-néng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɒ⁴⁵³⁻¹³ nɛŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: kor³ neng² [Phonetic: kor¹ neng²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɒ³³²⁻⁵⁵ nɛŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-lêng
    • Tâi-lô: khó-lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoyleeng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /kʰo⁴²⁻²⁴ leŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khóⁿ-nn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: khónn-nn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvofnngg
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ko² lêng⁵ / ko² nêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khó lêng / khó nêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/, /kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ neŋ⁵⁵/

Note: ko2 lêng5 - Chaozhou.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵khu-nen
    • MiniDict: khu^去 nen
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²khu-nen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰu³³ nən⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ¹khou₃-nen₂
    • MiniDict: khou^上 nen^平
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /kʰəu⁴⁴ nən/

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• Middle Chinese: khaX nong▼

Rime
Character	可	能
Reading #	1/1	2/4
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	登 (129)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	枯我切	奴登切
Baxter	khaX	nong
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɑX/	/nəŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɑX/	/nəŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɑX/	/nəŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰaX/	/nəŋ/
Li Rong	/kʰɑX/	/nəŋ/
Wang Li	/kʰɑX/	/nəŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰɑX/	/nəŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kě	néng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ho2	nang4

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʰˤa[j]ʔ  nˤə(ʔ)/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːlʔ  nɯːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	可	能
Reading #	1/1	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kě	néng
Middle Chinese	‹ khaX ›	‹ nong ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʰˁa[j]ʔ/	/*nˁə(ʔ)/ (~ *nˁəŋ)
English	may; acceptable	able; ability
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	可	能
Reading #	1/1	3/4
No.	7446	9415
Phonetic component	可	能
Rime group	歌	蒸
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	可	能
Old Chinese	/*kʰaːlʔ/	/*nɯːŋ/

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Anarana iombonana

可能

1. mety

Fanononana

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): kěnéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ko³ nen²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ho² nang⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ho² nang³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khó-nèn

  (Hailu, HRS): ko^ˊ nen

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ko³ nên²

• Eastern Min (BUC): kō̤-nèng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): kor³ neng²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khó-lêng / khóⁿ-nn̂g

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ko² lêng⁵ / ko² nêng⁵

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵khu-nen / ¹khou₃-nen₂

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kěnéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kěnéng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo³-nêng²
    • Yale: kě-néng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keeneng
    • Palladius: кэнэн (kɛnɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ko³ nen²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kolen
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰo⁵³ nən²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho² nang⁴
    • Yale: hó nàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho² nang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho² neng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ho² nang³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hᵘɔ⁵⁵ ⁿdaŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khó-nèn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ko^ˋ nen^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ko³ nen²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰo³¹ nen¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ko^ˊ nen
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰo²⁴⁻³³ nen⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ko³ nên²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰo³¹ nɛn¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kō̤-nèng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰo³³⁻²¹ nˡɛiŋ⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: kor³ neng² [Phonetic: kor² neng²]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: kô̤-néng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɒ⁴⁵³⁻¹³ nɛŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: kor³ neng² [Phonetic: kor¹ neng²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɒ³³²⁻⁵⁵ nɛŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-lêng
    • Tâi-lô: khó-lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoyleeng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /kʰo⁴²⁻²⁴ leŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khóⁿ-nn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: khónn-nn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvofnngg
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ko² lêng⁵ / ko² nêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khó lêng / khó nêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/, /kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ neŋ⁵⁵/

Note: ko2 lêng5 - Chaozhou.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵khu-nen
    • MiniDict: khu^去 nen
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²khu-nen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰu³³ nən⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ¹khou₃-nen₂
    • MiniDict: khou^上 nen^平
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /kʰəu⁴⁴ nən/

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• Middle Chinese: khaX nong▼

Rime
Character	可	能
Reading #	1/1	2/4
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	登 (129)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	枯我切	奴登切
Baxter	khaX	nong
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɑX/	/nəŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɑX/	/nəŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɑX/	/nəŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰaX/	/nəŋ/
Li Rong	/kʰɑX/	/nəŋ/
Wang Li	/kʰɑX/	/nəŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰɑX/	/nəŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kě	néng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ho2	nang4

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʰˤa[j]ʔ  nˤə(ʔ)/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːlʔ  nɯːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	可	能
Reading #	1/1	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kě	néng
Middle Chinese	‹ khaX ›	‹ nong ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʰˁa[j]ʔ/	/*nˁə(ʔ)/ (~ *nˁəŋ)
English	may; acceptable	able; ability
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	可	能
Reading #	1/1	3/4
No.	7446	9415
Phonetic component	可	能
Rime group	歌	蒸
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	可	能
Old Chinese	/*kʰaːlʔ/	/*nɯːŋ/

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Tambinteny

可能

1. mety

Fanononana

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): kěnéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ko³ nen²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ho² nang⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ho² nang³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khó-nèn

  (Hailu, HRS): ko^ˊ nen

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ko³ nên²

• Eastern Min (BUC): kō̤-nèng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): kor³ neng²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khó-lêng / khóⁿ-nn̂g

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ko² lêng⁵ / ko² nêng⁵

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵khu-nen / ¹khou₃-nen₂

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kěnéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kěnéng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo³-nêng²
    • Yale: kě-néng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keeneng
    • Palladius: кэнэн (kɛnɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ko³ nen²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kolen
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰo⁵³ nən²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho² nang⁴
    • Yale: hó nàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho² nang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho² neng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ho² nang³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hᵘɔ⁵⁵ ⁿdaŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khó-nèn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ko^ˋ nen^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ko³ nen²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰo³¹ nen¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ko^ˊ nen
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰo²⁴⁻³³ nen⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ko³ nên²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰo³¹ nɛn¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kō̤-nèng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰo³³⁻²¹ nˡɛiŋ⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: kor³ neng² [Phonetic: kor² neng²]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: kô̤-néng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɒ⁴⁵³⁻¹³ nɛŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: kor³ neng² [Phonetic: kor¹ neng²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɒ³³²⁻⁵⁵ nɛŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-lêng
    • Tâi-lô: khó-lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoyleeng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /kʰo⁴²⁻²⁴ leŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khóⁿ-nn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: khónn-nn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvofnngg
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ko² lêng⁵ / ko² nêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khó lêng / khó nêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/, /kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ neŋ⁵⁵/

Note: ko2 lêng5 - Chaozhou.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵khu-nen
    • MiniDict: khu^去 nen
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²khu-nen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰu³³ nən⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ¹khou₃-nen₂
    • MiniDict: khou^上 nen^平
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /kʰəu⁴⁴ nən/

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• Middle Chinese: khaX nong▼

Rime
Character	可	能
Reading #	1/1	2/4
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	登 (129)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	枯我切	奴登切
Baxter	khaX	nong
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɑX/	/nəŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɑX/	/nəŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɑX/	/nəŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰaX/	/nəŋ/
Li Rong	/kʰɑX/	/nəŋ/
Wang Li	/kʰɑX/	/nəŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰɑX/	/nəŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kě	néng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ho2	nang4

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʰˤa[j]ʔ  nˤə(ʔ)/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːlʔ  nɯːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	可	能
Reading #	1/1	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kě	néng
Middle Chinese	‹ khaX ›	‹ nong ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʰˁa[j]ʔ/	/*nˁə(ʔ)/ (~ *nˁəŋ)
English	may; acceptable	able; ability
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	可	能
Reading #	1/1	3/4
No.	7446	9415
Phonetic component	可	能
Rime group	歌	蒸
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	可	能
Old Chinese	/*kʰaːlʔ/	/*nɯːŋ/

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Mpamaritra

可能

1. zavatra azo atao, azo inoana

Fanononana

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): kěnéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ko³ nen²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ho² nang⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ho² nang³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khó-nèn

  (Hailu, HRS): ko^ˊ nen

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ko³ nên²

• Eastern Min (BUC): kō̤-nèng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): kor³ neng²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khó-lêng / khóⁿ-nn̂g

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ko² lêng⁵ / ko² nêng⁵

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵khu-nen / ¹khou₃-nen₂

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kěnéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kěnéng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo³-nêng²
    • Yale: kě-néng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keeneng
    • Palladius: кэнэн (kɛnɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ko³ nen²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kolen
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰo⁵³ nən²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho² nang⁴
    • Yale: hó nàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho² nang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho² neng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ho² nang³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hᵘɔ⁵⁵ ⁿdaŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khó-nèn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ko^ˋ nen^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ko³ nen²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰo³¹ nen¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ko^ˊ nen
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰo²⁴⁻³³ nen⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ko³ nên²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰo³¹ nɛn¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kō̤-nèng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰo³³⁻²¹ nˡɛiŋ⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: kor³ neng² [Phonetic: kor² neng²]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: kô̤-néng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɒ⁴⁵³⁻¹³ nɛŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: kor³ neng² [Phonetic: kor¹ neng²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɒ³³²⁻⁵⁵ nɛŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-lêng
    • Tâi-lô: khó-lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoyleeng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /kʰo⁴²⁻²⁴ leŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khóⁿ-nn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: khónn-nn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvofnngg
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ko² lêng⁵ / ko² nêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khó lêng / khó nêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/, /kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ neŋ⁵⁵/

Note: ko2 lêng5 - Chaozhou.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵khu-nen
    • MiniDict: khu^去 nen
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²khu-nen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰu³³ nən⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ¹khou₃-nen₂
    • MiniDict: khou^上 nen^平
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /kʰəu⁴⁴ nən/

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• Middle Chinese: khaX nong▼

Rime
Character	可	能
Reading #	1/1	2/4
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	登 (129)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	枯我切	奴登切
Baxter	khaX	nong
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɑX/	/nəŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɑX/	/nəŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɑX/	/nəŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰaX/	/nəŋ/
Li Rong	/kʰɑX/	/nəŋ/
Wang Li	/kʰɑX/	/nəŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰɑX/	/nəŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kě	néng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ho2	nang4

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʰˤa[j]ʔ  nˤə(ʔ)/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːlʔ  nɯːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	可	能
Reading #	1/1	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kě	néng
Middle Chinese	‹ khaX ›	‹ nong ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʰˁa[j]ʔ/	/*nˁə(ʔ)/ (~ *nˁəŋ)
English	may; acceptable	able; ability
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	可	能
Reading #	1/1	3/4
No.	7446	9415
Phonetic component	可	能
Rime group	歌	蒸
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	可	能
Old Chinese	/*kʰaːlʔ/	/*nɯːŋ/

Tsiahy

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Japoney

Anarana iombonana

可能

1. mety, vintana tsara
2. toe-javatra azo tanterahina na azo atao

Fanononana

(Tokyo) かのー [kànóó] (Heiban – [0]) AAI(lakile): [ka̠no̞ː]

Tsiahy

• :*
• :* 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
• :* 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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Mpamaritra

可能

1. zavatra azo ampiharina
2. zavatra azo atao

Fanononana

(Tokyo) かのー [kànóó] (Heiban – [0]) AAI(lakile): [ka̠no̞ː]

Tsiahy

• :*
• :* 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
• :* 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
• Ity pejy ity dia nadika avy amin'ny pejy 可能 tao amin'ny Wikibolana amin'ny teny anglisy. (lisitry ny mpandray anjara)