赋能

賦能
fùnéng
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to empower
  2. 2 to enable
  3. 3 to give capability to

Examples

HSK 5
Shùzì jìshù zhèngzài wèi chuántǒng chǎnyè fùnéng.
Digital technology is empowering traditional industries.
HSK 5
AI fùnéng jiàoyù, ràng xuéxí gèngjiā gèxìnghuà.
AI empowers education, making learning more personalized.

Tips

register
Internet/business buzzword that exploded around 2017-2019. Literally 赋 'to bestow' + 能 'capability'. Originally a calque of English 'empower', now everywhere in Chinese tech/PR/policy writing.
usage
Pattern: A 为/给 B 赋能 = 'A empowers B'. Often a vague catch-all in marketing decks - Chinese readers (like English readers seeing 'synergy') sometimes roll their eyes at it.

Stroke Order

赋 fù
能 néng