Chinese word dictionary

耐受

nài shòu · to tolerate; endurance

Practice word

Word information

Simplified耐受

Traditional耐受

Pinyinnài shòu

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

耐nài

to resist, to bear; patient, enduring

受shòu

to receive, to get, to accept; to bear

How to learn 耐受

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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受shòu

to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker); (LGBT) bottom

受到shòudào

to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)

感受gǎnshòu

to sense; perception; to feel (through the senses); to experience; a feeling; an impression; an experience

接受jiēshòu

to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce

耐心nàixīn

to be patient; patience

难受nánshòu

to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear