忍耐

Mandarin · pinyin rěn nài

Meanings

  1. to endure; to put up with; to exercise patience
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忍
rěn · endure, bear, suffer; forbear
耐
nài · endure, bear; resist; patient
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3–4 · ren3 nai4

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jan2 noi6

Cantonese word readings for 忍耐. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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jan2 noi6

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verb

  1. to endure; to bear; to be patient

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