Chinese symbol for “patience”
耐性
nài xìng
patience
The closest CC-CEDICT match for patience is 耐性 (nài xìng), defined as: patience.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “patience”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 忍耐力 | rěn nài lì | patience; fortitude |
| 耐心 | nài xīn | to be patient; patience |
| 耐心烦 (耐心煩) | nài xīn fán | (coll.) patience |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 耐性.
| 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 |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman; the female sex |
| 男性 | nán xìng | the male sex; a male |
See also: Japanese symbol for “patience”.
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.