隱忍

Chinese

		secret; hidden; concealed	to bear; to endure; to tolerate
trad. (隱忍)		隱	忍
simp. (隐忍)		隐	忍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐnrěn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ ㄖㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan² jan²

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐnrěn [Phonetic: yínrěn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ ㄖㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐnrěn
    • Wade–Giles: yin³-jên³
    • Yale: yǐn-rěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiinreen
    • Palladius: иньжэнь (inʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʐən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan² jan²
    • Yale: yán yán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan² jan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen² yen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn³⁵ jɐn³⁵/

Verb

隱忍

1. to endure silently; to bear with forbearance

   • 臣當死，往者醉失禮，王隱忍不加誅也；臣終不敢以蔭蔽之德而不顯報王也，常願肝腦塗地，用頸血湔敵久矣，臣乃夜絕纓者。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     臣当死，往者醉失礼，王隐忍不加诛也；臣终不敢以荫蔽之德而不显报王也，常愿肝脑涂地，用颈血湔敌久矣，臣乃夜绝缨者。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 77 B.C.E., 劉向 (Liu Xiang), 《說苑》 (Garden of Stories), chapter 6

     Chén dāng sǐ, wǎngzhě zuì shīlǐ, wáng yǐnrěn bù jiā zhū yě; chén zhōng bùgǎn yǐ yīnbì zhī dé ér bùxiǎn bào wáng yě, cháng yuàn gānnǎotúdì, yòng jǐng xuè jiān dí jiǔ yǐ, chén nǎi yè juéyīng zhě. [Pinyin]

     I should have been put to death. A few years ago, I got drunk and forgot my manners. Your Majesty showed restraint and did not put me to death. I would never dare not overtly repay Your Majesty's covert kindness. I would rather put my life on the line and drown the enemy in my own blood, for I am the one whose headpiece cord was yanked off on that night.

Derived terms

• 隱忍不發／隐忍不发
• 隱忍不言／隐忍不言

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (隱忍):

• → Japanese: 隠忍(いんにん) (innin)
• → Korean: 은인(隱忍) (eunin)
• → Vietnamese: ẩn nhẫn (隱忍)