尚能飯否

尚能饭否
shàngnéngfànfǒu
  1. (by extension) To question whether something (e.g., a method, technology, or tradition) that was once great is still effective or viable in the present day.: Past the prime? Still timely?
  2. (chiefly someone old) To inquire, often with a mix of doubt and hope, whether an aging person still possesses the vigor, skill, or capacity to perform a demanding task or resume a former role: (Does one) remain vigorous (enough)?; Still up to it?
  3. To inquire, often with a mix of doubt and hope, whether an aging person still possesses the vigor, skill, or capacity to perform a demanding task or resume a former role: (Does one) remain vigorous (enough)?; Still up to it?
  4. To question whether something (e.g., a method, technology, or tradition) that was once great is still effective or viable in the present day.: Past the prime? Still timely?

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 尚 Shàng surname Shang
=1 尚 shàng
  1. still
  2. yet
  3. to value
  4. to esteem
=2 能 Néng surname Neng
=2 能 néng
  1. can
  2. to be able to
  3. might possibly
  4. ability
  5. (physics) energy
=2 能 nài
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 耐 (“to bear; to withstand”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of 耐 (“to bear; to withstand”)
=2 能 tái
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 台 (“name of a Chinese constellation”)
  2. alternative form of 台 (“name of a Chinese constellation”)
=2 能 tài
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 態 /态 (tài, “bearing; apparition; form; shape; status; position”)
  2. alternative form of 態 /态 (tài, “bearing; apparition; form; shape; status; position”)
=2 能 nái
  1. (obsolete) mythical three-legged soft-shelled turtle
  2. mythical three-legged soft-shelled turtle
=2 能 tāi
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 能始 (tāishǐ, “origin; root cause”)
  2. only used in 能始 (tāishǐ, “origin; root cause”)
=2 能 xióng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 熊 (xióng, “bear”)
  2. alternative form of 熊 (xióng, “bear”)
3 飯 fàn
  1. cooked rice
  2. meal
  3. (loanword) fan
  4. devotee

classifiers: 碗, 頓
=4 否 fǒu
  1. to negate
  2. to deny
  3. not
=4 否 pǐ
  1. clogged
  2. evil