Keyword
to bear
- to endure
- to suffer
- to tolerate
- Frequency
- #1298
- Strokes
- 7
Readings
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Mnemonic
A knife 刃 piercing the heart 心; 刃 also provides the pronunciation
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
忍不住
cannot help; unable to bear
残忍
cruel; merciless; ruthless
忍受
to bear; to endure
忍
to bear; to endure; to tolerate; to restrain oneself
容忍
to put up with; to tolerate
忍耐
to endure; to put up with; to exercise patience
不忍
cannot bear to
忍者
ninja
忍无可忍
more than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one's patience; the last straw
火影忍者
Naruto, manga and anime series
强忍
to resist (with great difficulty)
难以忍受
hard to endure; unbearable
忍心
to have the heart to do sth; to steel oneself to a task
惨不忍睹
lit. so horrible that one cannot bear to look (idiom); fig. miserable; horrendous; atrocious
不忍心
can't bear to (do sth emotionally painful)
忍气吞声
to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence; to swallow one's anger; to grin and bear it
忍痛
to suffer; fig. reluctantly
坚忍
persevering; tenacious
隐忍
to suffer in silence; to endure hardship or injustice without complaint; to swallow one's grievances
忍让
to exercise forbearance; patient and accommodating
忍辱负重
to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom); to suffer in silence
忍耐力
patience; fortitude
忍俊不禁
cannot help laughing; unable to restrain a smile
坚忍不拔
fortitude