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忍 rěn

to endure, to bear, to suffer, to tolerate

Strokes
7
Level
HSK 5
Radical
心
Type
Ideograph
Made of 刃心 ⿱刃心

Memory hint: A knife 刃 piercing the heart 心; 刃 also provides the pronunciation

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Example sentences with 忍

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  1. 他忍不住笑了出来。
    Tā rěn bu zhù xiàole chūlái.
    He couldn't help but burst out laughing.
    he bear not stay laugh come-out
  2. 你能忍受这种疼痛吗?
    Nǐ néng rěnshòu zhè zhǒng téngtòng ma?
    Can you endure this kind of pain?
    you can bear this (measure) pain (question)
  3. 请再忍耐一下,马上就好了。
    Qǐng zài rěnnài yíxià, mǎshàng jiù hǎo le.
    Please be patient a bit longer, it'll be over soon.
    please again endure a-bit, immediately then good (particle)
  4. 我实在忍不住了。
    Wǒ shízài rěn bu zhù le.
    I really couldn't hold it in any longer.
    I really bear not stay (particle)
  5. 那段时间,他忍受了很多痛苦。
    Nà duàn shíjiān, tā rěnshòule hěn duō tòngkǔ.
    During that period, he endured a lot of suffering.
    that segment time, he endured very much suffering

Words with 忍 (5)