耐人尋味

Chinese

		to withstand; to bear	man; person; people	to chew over; to ruminate; to think over
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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nāi-lîn-sîm-bī / nāi-jîn-sîm-bī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nàirénxúnwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄞˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nàirénsyúnwèi
    • Wade–Giles: nai⁴-jên²-hsün²-wei⁴
    • Yale: nài-rén-syún-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nayrenshyunwey
    • Palladius: найжэньсюньвэй (najžɛnʹsjunʹvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ ɕyn³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: noi⁶ jan⁴ cam⁴ mei⁶
    • Yale: noih yàhn chàhm meih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noi⁶ jan⁴ tsam⁴ mei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: noi⁶ yen⁴ cem⁴ méi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɔːi̯²² jɐn²¹ t͡sʰɐm²¹ mei̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nāi-lîn-sîm-bī
    • Tâi-lô: nāi-lîn-sîm-bī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: naixlinsimbi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nãi²²⁻²¹ lin²⁴⁻²² sim²⁴⁻²² bi²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nāi-jîn-sîm-bī
    • Tâi-lô: nāi-jîn-sîm-bī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: naixjinsimbi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nãi³³⁻²¹ zin²³⁻³³ sim²³⁻³³ bi³³/

Idiom

耐人尋味

1. to be thought-provoking; to provide food for thought

Synonyms

• 意味深長／意味深长 (yìwèishēncháng)