能耐

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): néngnài

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄥˊ ㄋㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nang⁴ noi⁶
Min Nan (POJ): nn̂g-nāi / lêng-nāi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: néngnài → néngnai (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄥˊ ㄋㄞˋ → ㄋㄥˊ ˙ㄋㄞ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neng.nay
  - IPA ^(key): /nɤŋ³⁵ naɪ̯⁵¹/ → /nɤŋ³⁵ naɪ̯³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: nang⁴ noi⁶
  - Yale: nàhng noih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nang⁴ noi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: neng⁴ noi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /nɐŋ²¹ nɔːy̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nn̂g-nāi
  - Tâi-lô: nn̂g-nāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: nngnai
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nŋ̍²⁴⁻²² nãɪ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-nāi
  - Tâi-lô: lîng-nāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lengnai
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ nãɪ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² nãɪ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ nãɪ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² nãɪ²²/

Noun

能耐

(colloquial) skill; resourcefulness

Synonyms

Synonyms of 能耐

一手 (yīshǒu)
伎倆／伎俩 (jìliǎng) (literary)
兩手／两手 (liǎngshǒu)
功力 (gōnglì)
功夫 (gōngfu) (especially in martial arts)
手段 (shǒuduàn)
手法 (shǒufǎ)
手眼 (shǒuyǎn)
手腕 (shǒuwàn)
才力 (cáilì)
才幹／才干 (cáigàn)
才能 (cáinéng)
技巧 (jìqiǎo)

技能 (jìnéng)
技藝／技艺 (jìyì)
技術／技术 (jìshù)
把式 (bǎshì) (dialectal)
本事 (běnshì)
本領／本领 (běnlǐng)
材幹／材干 (cáigān) (Classical Chinese)
能力 (nénglì)
能為／能为 (néngwéi) (literary, dialectal)
能耐 (néngnài) (colloquial)
解數／解数 (xièshù)
身手 (shēnshǒu)
道行 (dàohéng)

Adjective

能耐

(colloquial) capable

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