耐
人
寻
味

Thought-provoking in Chinese: 耐人寻味 (nài rén xún wèi)

nài rén xún wèi

thought-provoking

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 耐人尋味1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1thought-provoking
  2. 2worth thinking over
  3. 3to provide food for thought

Stroke order

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耐
人
寻
味

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄋㄞˋ

nài

ㄋ/ nㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

ㄖㄣˊ

rén

ㄖ/ rㄣ/ enˊ/ second tone

ㄒㄩㄣˊ

xún

ㄒ/ xㄩ/ üㄣ/ enˊ/ second tone

ㄨㄟˋ

wèi

ㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

耐人寻味

Simplified

耐人尋味

Traditional

Example sentences

See 耐人寻味 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 这个故事的结尾很耐人寻味。

    zhè ge gù shì de jié wěi hěn nài rén xún wèi。

    The ending of this story is quite thought-provoking.

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Related words

人

rén

person

耐

nài

(bound form) to bear

寻

xún

to search

男人

nán rén

a man

女人

nǚ rén

woman

别人

bié ren

other people

客人

kè rén

visitor

耐心

nài xīn

to be patient

味道

wèi dao

flavor

敌人

dí rén

enemy

个人

gè rén

individual

工人

gōng rén

worker

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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