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无能 (wú néng): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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无能

无能 (wú néng): Incapable / incompetent (Adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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2.

Character Breakdown

无能 consists of 2 characters.

to be able to; can

Word Info

Pinyinwú néng

MeaningIncapable / incompetent

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 7-9

SyntaxAdjective

Word无能

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3.

How to Use 无能 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 无能 with other words naturally.

Noun + Nounwith表现

wú无

néng能

de的

biǎo表

xiàn现

neutral

manifestation of incompetence

Adverb + Verbwith深感

shēn深

gǎn感

wú无

néng能

Adjective + Nounwith辈

wú无

néng能

zhī之

bèi辈

Adjective + Adjectivewith软弱

ruǎn软

ruò弱

wú无

néng能

4.

Example Sentences with 无能

tā他

shén什

me么

dōu都

bú不

huì会

zuò做

，

neutral

feel deeply incompetent

formal

Written

incompetent person

formal

weak and incompetent

hěn很

wú无

néng能

。

He can't do anything, he's very incompetent.

tā他

chǔ处

lǐ理

wēi危

jī机

shí时

de的

wú无

néng能

biǎo表

xiàn现

，

ràng让

suǒ所

yǒu有

rén人

dōu都

gǎn感

dào到

shī失

wàng望

。

His incompetent performance in handling the crisis disappointed everyone.

nán难

dào道

nǐ你

bù不

jué觉

de得

zhè这

zhǒng种

tuī推

xiè卸

zé责

rèn任

de的

zuò做

fǎ法

hěn很

wú无

néng能

ma吗

？

Don't you think this way of shirking responsibility is very incompetent?

miàn面

duì对

zhè这

ge个

wèn问

tí题

，

wǒ我

gǎn感

dào到

zì自

jǐ己

hěn很

wú无

néng能

。

Facing this problem, I feel very incompetent.

wǒ我

bìng并

fēi非

wú无

néng能

，

zhǐ只

shì是

xū需

yào要

gèng更

duō多

shí时

jiān间

lái来

shì适

yìng应

xīn新

huán环

jìng境

。

I am not incompetent; I just need more time to adapt to the new environment.

guǎn管

lǐ理

céng层

ruò若

chí持

xù续

wú无

néng能

，

gōng公

sī司

jiāng将

nán难

yǐ以

zài在

jìng竞

zhēng争

zhōng中

lì立

zú足

。

If the management remains incompetent, the company will struggle to establish itself in the competition.

zhè这

ge个

tuán团

duì队

de的

wú无

néng能

dǎo导

zhì致

le了

xiàng项

mù目

dì的

shī失

bài败

。

The incompetence of this team led to the failure of the project.

lián连

zhè这

diǎn点

xiǎo小

shì事

dōu都

bàn办

bù不

hǎo好

，

nǐ你

yě也

tài太

wú无

néng能

le了

ba吧

！

You can't even handle such a small matter; you're really incompetent!

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 无能.

Words with 无

无法wú fǎHSK 4
无聊wú liáoHSK 4
无论wú lùnHSK 4
无关wú guānHSK 5
无奈wú nàiHSK 5
无效wú xiàoHSK 5
无数wú shùHSK 5
无限wú xiànHSK 5

Words with 能

可能kě néngHSK 2
只能zhǐ néngHSK 3
能力néng lìHSK 4
能否néng fǒuHSK 4
能够néng gòuHSK 4
功能gōng néngHSK 5
技能jì néngHSK 5
能干

néng gàn

HSK 5