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耐心

nài xīn

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

耐心 (nài xīn) means "patient". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 耐心 means

1. to be patient
2. patience

The characters in 耐心

• 耐nài(bound form) to bear; to endure; to withstand
• 心xīnheart; mind; intention

Example sentences

• 耐心点。
  Just be patient.
• 耐心等着。
  Sit tight.
• 我很有耐心。
  I'm being patient.
• 你缺乏耐心。
  You're impatient.
• 你必须有耐心。
  You have to be patient.
• 谢谢你的耐心。
  Thank you for your patience.

Words starting with 耐心

• 耐心烦nài xīn fán(colloquial) patience

Where 耐心 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Personality & character traits (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read nài xīn correctly.
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