忍 (rěn) means Endure (tolerate). Below are 18 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我 忍 不住想问一句。
Wǒ rěn bu zhù xiǎng wèn yí jù.
I cannot help wanting to ask something.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 忍不住
这种痛苦很难 忍 耐。
Zhè zhǒng tòngkǔ hěn nán rěnnài.
This kind of pain is hard to endure.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 忍耐
这种错误不能容 忍 。
Zhè zhǒng cuòwù bù néng róngrěn.
This kind of mistake cannot be tolerated.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 容忍
他 忍 耐了很久才开口。
Tā rěnnài le hěn jiǔ cái kāikǒu.
He held back for a long time before speaking.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 忍耐
这样对待动物太残 忍 了。
Zhèyàng duìdài dòngwù tài cánrěn le.
Treating animals like this is far too cruel.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 残忍
疼得他 忍 不住哼了一声。
Téng de tā rěn bu zhù hēng le yì shēng.
The pain made him groan in spite of himself.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 哼
他 忍 受着病痛坚持工作。
Tā rěnshòuzhe bìngtòng jiānchí gōngzuò.
He kept working while enduring the pain of illness.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 忍受
他疼得 忍 不住呻吟起来。
Tā téng de rěn bu zhù shēnyín qǐlái.
The pain made him groan in spite of himself.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 呻吟
他捏了捏鼻子， 忍 住了笑。
Tā niē le niē bízi, rěn zhù le xiào.
He pinched his nose and held back a laugh.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 捏
这种噪音我实在 忍 受不了。
Zhè zhǒng zàoyīn wǒ shízài rěnshòu bu liǎo.
I really cannot put up with this noise.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 忍受
他看着账单， 忍 不住叹气。
Tā kànzhe zhàngdān, rěn bu zhù tàn qì.
Looking at the bill, he could not help sighing.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 叹气
这种噪音实在令人不堪 忍 受。
Zhè zhǒng zàoyīn shízài lìng rén bùkān rěnshòu.
This noise really is unbearable.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 不堪
看到这景色，他 忍 不住赞叹。
Kàndào zhè jǐngsè, tā rěn bu zhù zàntàn.
At the sight he could not help exclaiming in admiration.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 赞叹
他不 忍 心说出那句残 忍 的实话。
Tā bù rěnxīn shuōchū nà jù cánrěn de shíhuà.
He could not bring himself to speak that cruel truth.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 残忍
一想到那件事，她就 忍 不住哆嗦。
Yì xiǎngdào nà jiàn shì, tā jiù rěn bu zhù duōsuo.
The mere thought of it made her tremble.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 哆嗦
他容 忍 了很久，最后还是说了出来。
Tā róngrěn le hěn jiǔ, zuìhòu háishi shuō le chūlái.
He put up with it for a long time and finally spoke out.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 容忍
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From the graded readers
我 忍 了两个星期，最后决定上去说一说。
wǒ rěn le / liǎo / liào liǎng gè xīngqī, zuìhòu juédìng shàngqù shuō yī shuō.
I put up with it for two weeks and finally decided to go up and say something.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs
Words that contain 忍
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 忍
How is 忍 used in a sentence?
This page shows 18 sentences using 忍 (rěn, "Endure (tolerate)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 忍 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 忍 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 忍?
The dictionary page for 忍 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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