忍 (rěn)
to endure / to tolerate / to hold back
How 忍 is written
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 刀 — knife
- Traditional
- 忍
- Simplified
- 忍 (unchanged)
Common words using 忍
- 容忍 róngrěn
- to put up with; to tolerate
- 忍受 rěnshòu
- to bear; to endure
- 忍心 rěnxīn
- to have the heart to do sth; to steel oneself to a task
- 忍者 rěnzhě
- Japanese: ninja
- 忍耐 rěnnài
- to show restraint; to repress (anger etc); to exercise patience
- 忍讓 rěnràng
- to exercise forbearance; patient and accommodating
- 慘不忍睹 cǎnbùrěndǔ
- spectacle too horrible to endure (idiom); tragic sight; appalling scenes of devastation
- 殘忍 cánrěn
- cruel; mean; merciless
- 火影忍者 huǒyǐngrěnzhě
- Naruto, manga and anime series
- 隱忍 yǐnrěn
- to bear patiently; to endure silently; to forbear
- 不堪忍受 bùkānrěnshòu
- unbearable
- 不忍 bùrěn
- cannot bear to; disturbed
忍 in a sentence
天氣太熱了，我忍不住買了一杯冰奶茶。
Tiānqì tài rè le, wǒ rěnbúzhù mǎile yì bēi bīng nǎichá.
“The weather is too hot; I couldn't resist buying a cup of iced milk tea.”
How common is 忍?
忍 is the 1,125th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 91% of all running text.
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