Chinese symbol for “tolerate”
耐受
nài shòu
to tolerate; endurance
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tolerate is 耐受 (nài shòu), defined as: to tolerate; endurance.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “tolerate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 容受 | róng shòu | to tolerate; to accept (criticism, resignation etc) |
| 容 | róng | to hold; to contain |
| 忍 | rěn | to bear; to endure |
| 容忍 | róng rěn | to put up with; to tolerate |
| 容纳 (容納) | róng nà | to hold; to contain |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 耐受.
| 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 |
| 接受 | jiē shòu | to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce |
| 受到 | shòu dào | to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tolerate”.
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.