Chinese symbol for “hardy”

耐劳

nài láo

Traditional: 耐勞

hardy; able to resist hardship

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hardy is 耐劳 (nài láo), defined as: hardy; able to resist hardship.

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Characters and stroke order

耐 nài

to resist, to bear; patient, enduring

radical 126 ⽽ · 9 strokes

劳 láo

to labor, to toil; to do manual work

radical 19 ⼒ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

勞 láo

Related words

Other words that share a character with 耐劳.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
耐心	nài xīn	to be patient; patience
忍耐	rěn nài	to endure; to put up with; to exercise patience
能耐	néng nài	ability; capability
耐用	nài yòng	durable
不耐烦 (不耐煩)	bù nài fán	impatient; to lose patience
耐力	nài lì	endurance
劳动 (勞動)	láo dòng	work; toil
劳动力 (勞動力)	láo dòng lì	labor force; manpower

See also: Japanese symbol for “hardy”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.