耐人尋味

Chinese

		to withstand; to bear	man; person; people
trad. (耐人尋味)		耐	人	尋味
simp. (耐人寻味)		耐	人	寻味

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nàirénxúnwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄞˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): noi⁶ jan⁴ cam⁴ mei⁶
Min Nan (POJ): nāi-jîn-sîm-bī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: nàirénxúnwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄞˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄨㄟˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nayrenshyunwey
  - IPA ^(key): /naɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ ɕyn³⁵ u̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: noi⁶ jan⁴ cam⁴ mei⁶
  - Yale: noih yàhn chàhm meih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: noi⁶ jan⁴ tsam⁴ mei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: noi⁶ yen⁴ cem⁴ méi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /nɔːy̯²² jɐn²¹ t͡sʰɐm²¹ mei̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nāi-jîn-sîm-bī
  - Tâi-lô: nāi-jîn-sîm-bī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: naixjinsimbi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /nãɪ²²⁻²¹ d͡ʑin²⁴⁻²² ɕim²⁴⁻²² bi²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nãɪ⁴¹⁻²² d͡ʑin²⁴⁻²² ɕim²⁴⁻²² bi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /nãɪ²²⁻²¹ d͡ʑin¹³⁻²² ɕim¹³⁻²² bi²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /nãɪ³³⁻¹¹ d͡ʑin²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕim²⁴⁻¹¹ bi³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /nãɪ³³⁻²¹ ʑin²³⁻³³ ɕim²³⁻³³ bi³³/

Idiom

耐人尋味

to be thought-provoking; to provide food for thought

Synonyms

意味深長／意味深长 (yìwèishēncháng)

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