能耐

Chinese

		ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able	to withstand; to bear
trad. (能耐)		能	耐
simp. #(能耐)		能	耐

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): néngnài

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄥˊ ㄋㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nang⁴ noi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nn̂g-nāi / lêng-nāi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: néngnài → néngnai (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄥˊ ㄋㄞˋ → ㄋㄥˊ ˙ㄋㄞ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: néngnåi
    • Wade–Giles: nêng²-nai⁵
    • Yale: néng-nai
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neng.nay
    • Palladius: нэннай (nɛnnaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɤŋ³⁵ naɪ̯⁵¹/ → /nɤŋ³⁵ naɪ̯³/

Note: Toneless final syllable for noun sense only.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nang⁴ noi⁶
    • Yale: nàhng noih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nang⁴ noi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: neng⁴ noi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐŋ²¹ nɔːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nn̂g-nāi
    • Tâi-lô: nn̂g-nāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nngnai
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nŋ̍²⁴⁻²² nãi⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-nāi
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-nāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lengnai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² nãi²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ nãi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² nãi²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ nãi³³/

Noun

能耐

1. (colloquial) skill; resourcefulness

Synonyms

• 一手
• 人才 (réncái)
• 伎倆／伎俩 (jìliǎng) (literary)
• 俊才 (jùncái)
• 兩手／两手 (liǎngshǒu)
• 力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 力量 (lìliàng)
• 功力 (gōnglì)
• 功夫 (gōngfu) (especially in martial arts)
• 天才 (tiāncái) (genius)
• 才具 (cáijù) (formal)
• 才力 (cáilì)
• 才器 (cáiqì) (literary)
• 才幹／才干 (cáigàn)
• 才情 (cáiqíng)
• 手段 (shǒuduàn)
• 手法 (shǒufǎ)
• 手眼 (shǒuyǎn)
• 才能
• 手腕 (shǒuwàn)
• 手腕子 (shou³ onn³ zr) (Xiang)
• 才華／才华 (cáihuá)
• 技巧 (jìqiǎo)
• 把式 (bǎshì) (dialectal)
• 技能 (jìnéng)
• 技藝／技艺 (jìyì)
• 技術／技术 (jìshù)
• 招數／招数 (zhāoshù)
• 本事
• 本領／本领 (běnlǐng)
• 材幹／材干 (cáigān) (Classical Chinese)
• 能力 (nénglì)
• 能為／能为 (néngwéi) (literary, dialectal)
• 能量 (néngliàng)
• 花頭／花头 (Wu)
• 著數／着数
• 解數／解数
• 資力／资力 (zīlì)
• 路數／路数 (lùshù)
• 身手 (shēnshǒu)
• 道行

 

Adjective

能耐

1. (colloquial) capable

Verb

能耐

1. to be able to withstand; to be tolerant