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能够néng gòuto be capable of; to be able to能力néng lìcapability; ability你nǐyou (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nín])你们nǐ menyou (plural)年niányear; CL:個|个[gè]念niànto read; to study (a subject)年初nián chūbeginning of the year年代nián dàia decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age年底nián dǐthe end of the year; year-end年级nián jígrade; year (in school, college etc)年纪nián jìage; CL:把[bǎ],個|个[gè]年轻nián qīngyoung娘niángmother; young lady鸟niǎobird; CL:隻|只[zhī],群[qún]您nínyou (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[nǐ])牛niúox; cow牛奶niú nǎicow's milk; CL:瓶[píng],杯[bēi]农nóng(bound form) agriculture农村nóng cūnrural area; village农民nóng mínpeasant; farmer农业nóng yèagriculture; farming努nǔto exert; to strive女nǚfemale; woman女儿nǚ érdaughter女孩儿nǚ hái rerhua variant of 女孩[nǚ hái]努力nǔ lìto make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious女朋友nǚ péng yougirlfriend女人nǚ rénwoman女生nǚ shēngschoolgirl; female student女子nǚ zǐwoman; female暖nuǎnwarm; to warm暖和nuǎn huowarm; nice and warm爬páto crawl; to climb怕pàto be afraid; to fear派pāused in 派司[pāsi]爬山pá shānto climb a mountain; to mountaineer拍pāito pat; to clap排páia row; a line牌páimahjong tile; playing card迫pǎiused in 迫擊炮|迫击炮[pǎijīpào]排队pái duìto line up排名pái míngto rank (1st, 2nd etc); ranking排球pái qiúvolleyball; CL:個|个[gè]牌子pái zisign; trademark盘pánplate; dish判pàn(bound form) to differentiate; to distinguish; (bound form) clearly (different)胖pánhealthy; at ease判断pàn duànto judge; to determine旁pángone side; other旁边páng biānside; adjacent place跑páo(of an animal) to paw (the ground)跑步pǎo bùto run; to jog配pèito join; to fit配合pèi hématching; fitting in with朋péngfriend碰pèngto touch; to meet with碰到pèng dàoto come across; to run into碰见pèng jiànto run into; to meet (unexpectedly)朋友péng youfriend; CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]批pīto ascertain; to act on