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忍

rěn

HSK 5 Character

What 忍 means

1. to bear
2. to endure
3. to tolerate
4. to restrain oneself

Example sentences

• 太残忍了。
  That's very cruel.
• 我不能忍受。
  I can't stand it.
• 我忍无可忍了。
  Wǒ rěnwúkěrěn le.
  I cannot stomach it.
• 她忍不住笑了。
  She cannot but laugh.
• 我努力忍住哭。
  I tried to keep from crying.
• 我绝不能忍受。
  I'll never be able to live this down.

Words starting with 忍

• 忍不住rěn bu zhùcannot help; unable to bear
• 忍受rěn shòuto bear; to endure
• 忍耐rěn nàito endure; to put up with; to exercise patience
• 忍心rěn xīnto have the heart to do sth; to steel oneself to a task
• 忍无可忍rěn wú kě rěnmore than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one's patience; the last straw
• 忍痛rěn tòngto suffer; fig. reluctantly
• 忍俊不禁rěn jùn bù jīncannot help laughing; unable to restrain a smile
• 忍气吞声rěn qì tūn shēngto submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence; to swallow one's anger…
• 忍让rěn ràngto exercise forbearance; patient and accommodating
• 忍辱负重rěn rǔ fù zhòngto endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom); to suffer in silence
• 忍者rěn zhěninja
• 忍得住rěn de zhùto refrain; to be able to endure it
• 忍耐力rěn nài lìpatience; fortitude
• 忍痛割爱rěn tòng gē àito resign oneself to part with what one treasures
• 忍辱偷生rěn rǔ tōu shēngto bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
• 忍辱求全rěn rǔ qiú quánto endure humiliation to preserve unity
• 忍冬rěn dōnghoneysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
• 忍耻rěn chǐto endure humiliation
• 忍俊rěn jùnsmiling
• 忍者龟Rěn zhě GuīTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Tw); see 忍者神龟
• 忍者神龟Rěn zhě Shén guīTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, US comic book series, first appeared in 1984, also films…
• 忍饥挨饿rěn jī ái èstarving; famished
• 忍辱含垢rěn rǔ hán gòusee 含垢忍辱

Words containing 忍

• 残忍cán rěncruel; merciless; ruthless
• 容忍róng rěnto put up with; to tolerate
• 不忍bù rěncannot bear to
• 强忍qiǎng rěnto resist (with great difficulty)
• 惨不忍睹cǎn bù rěn dǔlit. so horrible that one cannot bear to look (idiom); fig. miserable; horrendous…
• 难以忍受nán yǐ rěn shòuhard to endure; unbearable
• 隐忍yǐn rěnto suffer in silence; to endure hardship or injustice without complaint…
• 坚忍jiān rěnpersevering; tenacious
• 于心不忍yú xīn bù rěncan't bear to
• 含忍hán rěnto bear; to endure; to tolerate
• 落忍lào rěn(colloquial) (usu. in the negative) to be able to bear (doing sth)…
• 不忍心bù rěn xīncan't bear to (do sth emotionally painful)
• 爱不忍释ài bù rěn shìto love sth too much to part with it (idiom)
• 温良忍让wēn liáng rěn ràngsubmissive; accommodating
• 火影忍者Huǒ yǐng Rěn zhěNaruto, manga and anime series
• 目不忍视mù bù rěn shì(lit.) the eye cannot bear to see it (idiom); (fig.) pitiful to behold
• 隐忍不发yǐn rěn bù fāto keep one's emotions inside oneself; to restrain one's emotions
• 隐忍不言yǐn rěn bù yánto keep one's emotions inside oneself; to restrain one's emotions
• 坚忍不拔jiān rěn bù báfortitude
• 惨不忍闻cǎn bù rěn wén(idiom) dreadful to hear
• 不堪忍受bù kān rěn shòuunbearable
• 含垢忍辱hán gòu rěn rǔ(idiom) to bear shame and humiliation
• 濡忍rú rěncompliant; submissive
• 零容忍líng róng rěnzero tolerance

Characters built on 刃

These share the phonetic component 刃 (rèn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 韧rènannealed; pliable but strong; tough
• 纫rènto thread (a needle); (bound form) to sew; to stitch; (literary) very grateful
• 轫rènbrake
• 仞rènunit of length used in ancient times, equal to 7 or 8 Chinese feet 尺

Characters that look like 忍

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 志zhìaspiration; ambition; the will
• 忘wàngto forget; to overlook; to neglect
• 忽hūto neglect; to overlook; to ignore
• 忠zhōngloyal; devoted; faithful
• 屈qūbent; to feel wronged
• 忌jìto be jealous of; fear; dread

Sounds the same

Read rěn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 荏beefsteak plant (Perilla frutescens); soft; weak
• 稔(literary) ripe grain; ripe; harvest; year; (literary) very familiar with…
• 腍be satiated; cooked; good-tasting
• 荵polemonium
• 棯jujube tree