忍辱

Chinese

to bear; to endure; to tolerate disgrace; insult
trad. (忍辱)
simp. #(忍辱)

Pronunciation


Verb

忍辱

  1. (literary) to endure humiliation
    忍辱忍辱   Hán Xìn rěnrǔ   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (忍辱):
  • Japanese: 忍辱(にんにく) (ninniku)
  • Korean: 인욕(忍辱) (inyok)
  • Vietnamese: nhẫn nhục (忍辱)

Japanese

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んにく [nìńníkú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɲ̟ĩɲ̟ɲ̟ikɯ̟ᵝ]

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
にん
Grade: S
にく
Grade: S
goon

From Middle Chinese 忍辱 (MC nyinX nyowk), in turn a translation of Sanskrit क्षान्ति (kṣānti, patience, forbearance, forgiveness).[3]

First cited to the early 800s.[3]

Noun

(にん)(にく) • (ninniku) 

  1. [from early 800s] (Buddhism) kshanti: patience, forbearance and forgiveness: one of the paramitas in Theravāda and Mahāyāna Buddhism
    Synonym: (more generally, not tied to Buddhism) 忍耐 (nintai)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
にん
Grade: S
にく
Grade: S
goon
Alternative spellings

大蒜

Uncertain. See the main entry for more.

For pronunciation and definitions of 忍辱 – see the following entry.
にんにくH
[noun] [date uncertain] garlic
Alternative spellings
大蒜, , ニンニク
(This term, 忍辱, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 忍辱”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
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