能動

Chinese

		ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act
trad. (能動)		能	動
simp. (能动)		能	动
anagram		動能／动能

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): néngdòng

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nang⁴ dung⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nn̂g-tǒng / lêng-tōng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: néngdòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: néngdòng
  - Wade–Giles: nêng²-tung⁴
  - Yale: néng-dùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nengdonq
  - Palladius: нэндун (nɛndun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɤŋ³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: nang⁴ dung⁶
  - Yale: nàhng duhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nang⁴ dung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: neng⁴ dung⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐŋ²¹ tʊŋ²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nn̂g-tǒng
  - Tâi-lô: nn̂g-tǒng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nŋ̍²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-tōng
  - Tâi-lô: lîng-tōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lengdong
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² tɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²²/

Adjective

能動

active; proactive; energetic; dynamic

Synonyms

積極／积极 (jījí)
主動／主动 (zhǔdòng)

Antonyms

被動／被动 (bèidòng)

Derived terms

能動性 / 能动性 (néngdòngxìng)

Japanese

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) のーどー [nòódóó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [no̞ːdo̞ː]

Noun

Kanji in this term
能	動
のう Grade: 5	どう Grade: 3
on'yomi

能(のう)動(どう) • (nōdō)

activity; activeness
Antonym: 受動

Derived terms

能動的(のうどうてき) (nōdōteki, “active”)
能動免疫(のうどうめんえき) (nōdōmen'eki, “active immunity”)
能動態(のうどうたい) (nōdōtai, “active voice”)
能動輸送(のうどうゆそう) (nōdōyusō, “active transport”)