HSK 4 · Adjectives

耐心 nàixīn “to be patient” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 耐心 means

  1. to be patient
  2. patience

How to say 耐心

  • 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 first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale心xīn1st tone, high and level

耐心 in a sentence

  1. 老师应该对学生非常耐心。

    Lǎoshī yīnggāi duì xuésheng fēicháng nàixīn.

    Teachers should be very patient with students.

    Sentence #3377938 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 谢谢你的耐心。

    Xièxie nǐ de nàixīn.

    Thank you for your patience.

    Sentence #335869 from Tatoeba

  3. 孩子通常没有耐心。

    Háizi tōngcháng méiyǒu nàixīn.

    Children are usually impatient.

    Sentence #2680341 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 耐心 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 心 (xīn) drawn as one shape
心xīnheart

心 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidDrawn from a heart. On the left of a character it is written 忄.

How to write 耐心

耐 9 strokes · 心 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 耐心

Words with 耐

不耐烦bùnàifán · impatient耐用nàiyòng · durable忍耐rěnnài · to be patient

Words with 心

担心dānxīn · to worry放心fàngxīn · relax关心guānxīn · concerned about/with小心xiǎoxīn · be careful心里xīnlǐ · in one’s heart心xīn · heart伤心shāngxīn · to grieve粗心cūxīn · careless开心kāixīn · to feel happy心情xīnqíng · mood

More words: Adjectives

乱luàn · in confusion or disorder马虎mǎhu · careless满mǎn · to fill美丽měilì · beautiful暖和nuǎnhuo · warm普遍pǔbiàn · universal轻松qīngsōng · relaxed穷qióng · poor

FAQs

耐心 (nàixīn) means “to be patient” or “patience”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it nàixīn: nài with a 4th tone, then xīn with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 耐心 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type naixin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 耐心 from the suggestions. Typing naixin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
耐心 is an HSK 4 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.