HSK 6 · Adjectives

耐用 nàiyòng “durable” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 耐用 means

  1. durable
  2. hard-wearing

How to say 耐用

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale耐nài4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale用yòng4th tone, falling

耐用 in a sentence

  1. 我需要耐用好几年的手机。

    Wǒ xūyào nàiyòng hǎo jǐ nián de shǒujī.

    I need a phone that will last for several years.

    Sentence #13190509 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 耐用 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 耐 (nài) with each of its parts in a different colour
耐nàito bear; to endure; to withstand
  • 而and · ér
  • 寸inch · cùn
The character 用 (yòng) drawn as one shape
用yòngto use; to make use of; to employ

用 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 耐用

耐 9 strokes · 用 5 strokes

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耐用 (nàiyòng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 耐用 (nàiyòng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 耐用

Words with 耐

耐心nàixīn · to be patient不耐烦bùnàifán · impatient忍耐rěnnài · to be patient

Words with 用

用yòng · to use不用búyòng · no need to有用yǒuyòng · useful常用chángyòng · commonly used信用卡xìnyòngkǎ · credit card使用shǐyòng · to use作用zuòyòng · effect利用lìyòng · to make use of应用yìngyòng · to put to use运用yùnyòng · to use

More words: Adjectives

敏捷mǐnjié · quick敏锐mǐnruì · sharp迷人mírén · charming莫名其妙mòmíngqímiào · baffling难得nándé · rare难能可贵nánnéngkěguì · rare and commendable拿手náshǒu · good at内在nèizài · inner

FAQs

耐用 (nàiyòng) means “durable” or “hard-wearing”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it nàiyòng: nài with a 4th tone, then yòng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 耐用 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type naiyong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 耐用 from the suggestions. Typing naiyong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
耐用 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.