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
Min Nan (POJ): nn̂g-nāi / lêng-nāi

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/
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/
Min Nan
- (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

(colloquial) skill; resourcefulness

Synonyms

Synonyms of 能耐

一手 (yīshǒu)
人才 (réncái)
力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
力量 (lìliàng)
功力 (gōnglì)
功夫 (gōngfu) (especially in martial arts)
手段 (shǒuduàn)
手法 (shǒufǎ)
手眼 (shǒuyǎn)
手腕 (shǒuwàn)
手腕子 (Xiang)
才具 (cáijù) (formal)
才力 (cáilì)
才器 (cáiqì) (literary)
才情 (cáiqíng)
才能 (cáinéng)
技巧 (jìqiǎo)
技能 (jìnéng)
把式 (bǎshì) (dialectal)

本事 (běnshì)
能力 (nénglì)
能量 (néngliàng)
身手 (shēnshǒu)
道行 (dàohéng)
伎倆／伎俩 (jìliǎng) (literary)
兩手／两手 (liǎngshǒu)
才幹／才干 (cáigàn)
才華／才华 (cáihuá)
技藝／技艺 (jìyì)
技術／技术 (jìshù)
招數／招数 (zhāoshù)
本領／本领 (běnlǐng)
材幹／材干 (cáigān) (Classical Chinese)
能為／能为 (néngwéi) (literary, dialectal)
著數／着数 (zhāoshù)
解數／解数 (xièshù)
資力／资力 (zīlì)
路數／路数 (lùshù)

Adjective

能耐

(colloquial) capable

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