耐 (nài)
durable; patient; able to endure
How 耐 is written
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 而 — beard
- Traditional
- 耐
- Simplified
- 耐 (unchanged)
Components
- 而 beard
- 寸 thumb
Common words using 耐
- 耐心 nàixīn
- to be patient; patience
- 忍耐 rěnnài
- to show restraint; to repress (anger etc); to exercise patience
- 耐克 nàikè
- Nike, Inc.
- 耐力 nàilì
- endurance
- 耐性 nàixìng
- patience; endurance
- 耐煩 nàifán
- patient (not impatient)
- 能耐 néngnài
- ability; capability
- 乳糖不耐症 rǔtángbùnàizhèng
- lactose intolerance
- 忍耐力 rěnnàilì
- patience; fortitude
- 急不可耐 jíbùkěnài
- unable to wait
- 耐久 nàijiǔ
- durable; long-lasting
- 耐人尋味 nàirénxúnwèi
- thought-provoking; worth thinking over; to provide food for thought
耐 in a sentence
這雙鞋子很耐穿，穿了三年都沒壞。
Zhè shuāng xiézi hěn nàichuān, chuānle sān nián dōu méi huài.
“This pair of shoes is very durable; I've worn them for three years and they haven't broken.”
How common is 耐?
耐 is the 1,407th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 93.9% of all running text.
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