耐心

Chinese

		to withstand; to bear	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (耐心)		耐	心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nàixīn

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): noi⁶ sam¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): nai-sîm

(Hailu, HRS): nai^˖ sim^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): nai⁴ xim¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): nāi-sim

(Teochew, Peng'im): nai⁶ sim¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nàixīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nàisin
  - Wade–Giles: nai⁴-hsin¹
  - Yale: nài-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nayshin
  - Palladius: найсинь (najsinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naɪ̯⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: noi⁶ sam¹
  - Yale: noih sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: noi⁶ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: noi⁶ sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɔːi̯²² sɐm⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    內心 / 内心
    耐心
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nai-sîm
  - Hakka Romanization System: nai xim^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: nai⁴ xim¹
  - Sinological IPA: /nai̯⁵⁵ sim²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: nai^˖ sim^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /nai³³ sim⁵³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: nai⁴ xim¹
  - Sinological IPA: /naɪ⁵³ ɕim⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nāi-sim
  - Tâi-lô: nāi-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: naixsym
  - IPA (Xiamen): /nãi²²⁻²¹ sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nãi⁴¹⁻²² sim³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /nãi²²⁻²¹ sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /nãi³³⁻¹¹ sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /nãi³³⁻²¹ sim⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: nai⁶ sim¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: năi sim
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nai³⁵⁻¹¹ sim³³/

Adjective

耐心

patient (not impatient)

Synonyms

耐煩／耐烦 (nàifán)

Noun

耐心

patience; endurance

Synonyms

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耐性 (nàixìng)

References

“耐心”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.