忍耐

Chinese

		to bear; to endure; to tolerate	to withstand; to bear
trad. (忍耐)		忍	耐
simp. #(忍耐)		忍	耐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rěnnài

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˇ ㄋㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan² noi⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngiûn-nai
• Eastern Min (BUC): ṳ̄ng-nâi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lím-nāi / jím-nāi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rěnnài
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˇ ㄋㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rěnnài
    • Wade–Giles: jên³-nai⁴
    • Yale: rěn-nài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: reennay
    • Palladius: жэньнай (žɛnʹnaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən²¹⁴⁻²¹ naɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan² noi⁶
    • Yale: yán noih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan² noi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen² noi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn³⁵ nɔːi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiûn-nai
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiun´ nai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiun¹ nai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯un²⁴⁻¹¹ nai̯⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ṳ̄ng-nâi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yŋ³³⁻⁵⁵ nˡɑi²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lím-nāi
    • Tâi-lô: lím-nāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lymnai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nãi²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nãi³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lim⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nãi⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jím-nāi
    • Tâi-lô: jím-nāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jymnai
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ nãi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nãi²²/

Verb

忍耐

1. to endure; to bear; to be patient

Synonyms

• 克服 (kèfú)
• 包容 (bāoróng)
• 受
• 含 (literary, or in compounds)
• 容忍 (róngrěn)
• 忍 (rěn)
• 忍受 (rěnshòu)
• 打限 (Malaysia, Singapore)
• 消受 (xiāoshòu)
• 耐

 

Derived terms

• 忍耐性

 

See also

• 耐性 (nàixìng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
忍	耐
にん Grade: S	たい Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) に​んたい [níꜜǹtàì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ĩnta̠i]

Noun

忍(にん)耐(たい) • (nintai) 

1. patience, perseverance, endurance

Synonyms

• 辛抱(しんぼう) (shinbō)
• 我慢(がまん) (gaman)
• 忍辱(にんにく) (ninniku)

Antonyms

• 激怒(げきど) (gekido) / 憤怒(ふんど) (fundo): wrath

Derived terms

• 忍耐力(にんたいりょく) (nintairyoku)

Verb

忍(にん)耐(たい)する • (nintai suru) suru (stem 忍(にん)耐(たい)し (nintai shi), past 忍(にん)耐(たい)した (nintai shita))

1. to endure, to bear; to persevere

Conjugation

Conjugation of "忍耐する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	忍耐し	にんたいし	nintai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	忍耐し	にんたいし	nintai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	忍耐する	にんたいする	nintai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	忍耐する	にんたいする	nintai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	忍耐すれ	にんたいすれ	nintai sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	忍耐せよ¹ 忍耐しろ²	にんたいせよ¹ にんたいしろ²	nintai seyo¹ nintai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	忍耐される	にんたいされる	nintai sareru
Causative	忍耐させる 忍耐さす	にんたいさせる にんたいさす	nintai saseru nintai sasu
Potential	忍耐できる	にんたいできる	nintai dekiru
Volitional	忍耐しよう	にんたいしよう	nintai shiyō
Negative	忍耐しない	にんたいしない	nintai shinai
Negative continuative	忍耐せず	にんたいせず	nintai sezu
Formal	忍耐します	にんたいします	nintai shimasu
Perfective	忍耐した	にんたいした	nintai shita
Conjunctive	忍耐して	にんたいして	nintai shite
Hypothetical conditional	忍耐すれば	にんたいすれば	nintai sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

See also

• 忍耐 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Patience on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Korean

Hanja in this term
忍	耐

Noun

忍耐 • (innae) (hangeul 인내)

1. Hanja form^? of 인내 (“patience, perseverance”).