HSK 6 · Emotions

容忍 róngrěn “to tolerate” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 容忍 means

  1. to tolerate
  2. to put up with

How to say 容忍

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale容róng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale忍rěn3rd tone, dipping

容忍 in a sentence

  1. 你怎么能容忍他呢？

    Nǐ zěnme néng róngrěn tā ne?

    How can you put up with him?

    Sentence #2054109 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我无法容忍别人打扰我的工作。

    Wǒ wúfǎ róngrěn biéren dǎrǎo wǒ de gōngzuò.

    I can’t stand people disturbing me while I work.

    Sentence #1501721 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我无法容忍她的行为。

    Wǒ wúfǎ róngrěn tā de xíngwéi.

    I cannot put up with her behaviour.

    Sentence #339459 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 容忍 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 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.

The character 忍 (rěn) with each of its parts in a different colour
忍rěnto bear
  • 刃edged tool · rèn
  • 心heart · xīn

How to write 容忍

容 10 strokes · 忍 7 strokes

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

Words related to 容忍

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宽容kuānróng · tolerant容器róngqì · container刻不容缓kèbùrónghuǎn · extremely urgent

Words with 忍

忍不住rěnbuzhù · cannot help残忍cánrěn · cruel忍耐rěnnài · to be patient忍受rěnshòu · to bear

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

趣味qùwèi · interest热泪盈眶rèlèiyíngkuàng · eyes brimming with tears忍耐rěnnài · to be patient忍受rěnshòu · to bear荣幸róngxìng · honoured伤脑筋shāngnǎojīn · troublesome盛情shèngqíng · great kindness深情厚谊shēnqínghòuyì · deep friendship

FAQs

容忍 (róngrěn) means “to tolerate” or “to put up with”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it róngrěn: róng with a 2nd tone, then rěn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 容忍 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type rongren with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 容忍 from the suggestions. Typing rongren into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
容忍 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.