賢能

Chinese

		worthy (person)	ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able
trad. (賢能)		賢	能
simp. (贤能)		贤	能

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiánnéng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄋㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴ nang⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiân-nn̂g / hiân-lêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiánnéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄋㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siánnéng
  - Wade–Giles: hsien²-nêng²
  - Yale: syán-néng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyanneng
  - Palladius: сяньнэн (sjanʹnɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ nɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin⁴ nang⁴
  - Yale: yìhn nàhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ nang⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴ neng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ nɐŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiân-nn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: hiân-nn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiennngg
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn²⁴⁻²² nŋ̍²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiân-lêng
  - Tâi-lô: hiân-lîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hienleeng
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn²³⁻³³ liɪŋ²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ liɪŋ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn¹³⁻²² liɪŋ¹³/

Middle Chinese: hen nong

Rime
Character	賢	能
Reading #	1/1	2/4
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	登 (129)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	胡田切	奴登切
Baxter	hen	nong
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦen/	/nəŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦen/	/nəŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛn/	/nəŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛn/	/nəŋ/
Li Rong	/ɣen/	/nəŋ/
Wang Li	/ɣien/	/nəŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣien/	/nəŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xián	néng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin⁴	nang⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[g]ˤi[n] nˤə(ʔ)/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡiːn nɯːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	賢	能
Reading #	1/1	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xián	néng
Middle Chinese	‹ hen ›	‹ nong ›
Old Chinese	/*[g]ˁi[n]/	/nˁə(ʔ)/ (~ nˁəŋ)
English	worthy	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	賢	能
Reading #	1/1	3/4
No.	1337	9415
Phonetic component	臣	能
Rime group	眞	蒸
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	賢	能
Old Chinese	/*ɡiːn/	/*nɯːŋ/

Adjective

賢能

virtuous and talented
- 賢能之士進，則私門之請止矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  贤能之士进，则私门之请止矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Han Feizi, circa 2^nd century BCE
  Xiánnéng zhī shì jìn, zé sīmén zhī qǐng zhǐ yǐ. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Noun

賢能

virtuous and talented person
- 主之孽，讒人達，賢能遁逃國乃蹶。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  主之孽，谗人达，贤能遁逃国乃蹶。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE
  Zhǔ zhī niè, chánrén dá, xiánnéng dùntáo guó nǎi jué. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)