Advance from Customers - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Advance From Customers [Line Items]
Prepaid rent received from tenants	$ 69,722	$ 67,642
Nam Tai Inno Park
Advance From Customers [Line Items]
Prepaid rent received from tenants	69,508	67,488
Nam Tai Inno Valley, Tang Xi, Shanghai and Wuxi
Advance From Customers [Line Items]
Prepaid rent received from tenants	$ 214
Nam Tai Inno Valley and Wuxi
Advance From Customers [Line Items]
Prepaid rent received from tenants		$ 154

Amount of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration has been received or is receivable, classified as current.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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