忍氣吞聲

Chinese

		to bear; to endure; to tolerate	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make sb. angry; to get angry; to be enraged	to swallow; to take	sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds) sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise
trad. (忍氣吞聲)		忍	氣	吞	聲
simp. (忍气吞声)		忍	气	吞	声
alt. forms		吞聲忍氣／吞声忍气吞聲飲氣／吞声饮气氣忍聲吞／气忍声吞聲吞氣忍／声吞气忍

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rěnqìtūnshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˇ ㄑㄧˋ ㄊㄨㄣㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan² hei³ tan¹ seng¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngiûn-hi-tûn-sâng
Min Nan (POJ): lím-khì-thun-siaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: rěnqìtūnshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˇ ㄑㄧˋ ㄊㄨㄣㄕㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: reenchihtuensheng
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐən²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ tʰu̯ən⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan² hei³ tan¹ seng¹
  - Yale: yán hei tān sēng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan² hei³ tan¹ seng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen² héi³ ten¹ séng¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐn³⁵ hei̯³³ tʰɐn⁵⁵ sɛːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiûn-hi-tûn-sâng
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngiun´ hi dun´ sang´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngiun¹ hi⁴ dun¹ sang¹
  - IPA: /ɲi̯un²⁴⁻¹¹ hi⁵⁵ tun²⁴⁻¹¹ saŋ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lím-khì-thun-siaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: lím-khì-thun-siann
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lymqie'tunsviaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ tʰun⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiã⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lim⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰun³³ ɕiã³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ tʰun⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiã⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiã⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiã⁴⁴/

Idiom

忍氣吞聲

to silently eat humble pie; to suppress anger and quietly bear humiliation

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