忍

rěn

endure, bear, suffer; forbear

How to write 忍, stroke by stroke

to bear; to endure; to tolerate; to restrain oneself

Ideographic: A knife 刃 piercing the heart 心; 刃 also provides the pronunciation

Made of 刃 + 心

忍受rěn shòuto bear; to endure
残忍cán rěncruel; mean; merciless; ruthless
忍不住rěn bu zhùcannot help; unable to bear
忍耐rěn nàito endure; to put up with; to exercise patience
容忍róng rěnto put up with; to tolerate
忍者rěn zhěninja
不忍心bù rěn xīncan't bear to (do sth emotionally painful)
忍心rěn xīnto have the heart to do sth; to steel oneself to a task
不忍bù rěncannot bear to
难以忍受nán yǐ rěn shòuhard to endure; unbearable
忍无可忍rěn wú kě rěnmore than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one's patience; the last straw
惨不忍睹cǎn bù rěn dǔlit. so horrible that one cannot bear to look (idiom); fig. miserable; horrendous; atrocious

我难以容忍他的行为。
wǒ nán yǐ róng rěn tā de xíng wéi 。
I can hardly stand his behavior.
我忍不住要说出我的疑惑。
wǒ rěn bú zhù yào shuō chū wǒ de yí huò 。
I cannot forbear expressing my doubts.
怪物的笑容很残忍。
guài wù de xiào róng hěn cán rěn 。
The monster's smile was cruel.
你必须忍受这一切的噪音了。
nǐ bì xū rěn shòu zhè yí qiè de zào yīn le 。
You have to put up with all this noise.
我没法忍住我的眼泪。
wǒ méi fǎ rěn zhù wǒ de yǎn lèi 。
I could not keep the tears from my eyes.