Chinese symbol for “able”
得力
dé lì
able; capable; competent; efficient
The closest CC-CEDICT match for able is 得力 (dé lì), defined as: able; capable; competent; efficient.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “able”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 智能 | zhì néng | intelligent; able |
| 敳 (敱) | ái | able (in administrating); to govern forcefully |
| 硬 | yìng | hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm |
| 有能力 | yǒu néng lì | able |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 得力.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 觉得 (覺得) | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc) |
| 获得 (獲得) | huò dé | to obtain; to receive; to get |
| 得到 | dé dào | to get; to obtain; to receive |
| 取得 | qǔ dé | to acquire; to get; to obtain |
| 记得 (記得) | jì de | to remember |
| 值得 | zhí de | worth the money; to merit; to deserve; to be worth (doing sth) |
| 能力 | néng lì | capability; ability |
| 努力 | nǔ lì | to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious |
See also: Japanese symbol for “able”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.