HSK 6 · Adjectives

宽容 kuānróng “tolerant” in Chinese

Traditional 寬容

What 宽容 means

  1. tolerant
  2. lenient
  3. indulgent
  4. charitable
  5. to forgive

How to say 宽容

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale宽kuān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale容róng2nd tone, rising

宽容 in a sentence

  1. 对别人的小错误要宽容一些。

    Duì biéren de xiǎo cuòwù yào kuānróng yìxiē.

    Be a bit more forgiving of other people’s small mistakes.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 她是一个宽容的人。

    Tā shì yí ge kuānróng de rén.

    She’s a tolerant person.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 宽容 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 宽 (kuān) with each of its parts in a different colour
宽kuānwide
  • 宀roof · miánMeaning part
  • 苋amaranth · xiànSound part

宀 hints at the meaning (roof); 苋 (xiàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with kuān.

The character 容 (róng) with each of its parts in a different colour
容róngto hold
  • 宀roof · miánMeaning part
  • 谷valley · gǔ

Memory aidA roof 宀 over a valley 谷, with room to hold things: to contain.

How to write 宽容

宽 10 strokes · 容 10 strokes

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

Words related to 宽容

Words with 宽

宽kuān · wide宽敞kuānchang · spacious

Words with 容

容易róngyì · easy内容nèiróng · content形容xíngróng · to describe容貌róngmào · looks阵容zhènróng · line-up (of a team or cast)容纳róngnà · to hold从容cóngróng · calm容忍róngrěn · to tolerate容器róngqì · container刻不容缓kèbùrónghuǎn · extremely urgent

More words: Adjectives

可行kěxíng · feasible空洞kōngdòng · empty空前绝后kōngqiánjuéhòu · unprecedented and unrepeatable宽敞kuānchang · spacious枯燥kūzào · dull懒惰lǎnduò · lazy牢固láogù · firm类似lèisì · similar

FAQs

宽容 (kuānróng) means “tolerant” or “lenient”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it kuānróng: kuān with a 1st tone, then róng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 宽容 is written 寬容. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kuanrong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 宽容 from the suggestions. Typing kuanrong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
宽容 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.