不忍

Chinese

		not; no	to bear; to endure; to tolerate
trad. (不忍)		不	忍
simp. #(不忍)		不	忍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùrěn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ jan²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-lím / put-jím

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùrěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùrěn
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-jên³
    • Yale: bù-rěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bureen
    • Palladius: бужэнь (bužɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʐən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ jan²
    • Yale: bāt yán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ jan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ yen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ jɐn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-lím
    • Tâi-lô: put-lím
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putliem
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ lim⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ lim⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-jím
    • Tâi-lô: put-jím
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putjiem
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ zim⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ d͡zim⁵³/

Verb

不忍

1. cannot bear to

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Japanese

Etymology

From 忍(しの)ばず (shinobazu), negative continuative form of the verb 忍(しの)ぶ (shinobu, “to conceal, hide; to endure, bear”). The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 不忍 (bùrěn).

Proper noun

不忍(しのばず) • (Shinobazu) 

1. a surname