容忍

róngrěn

verb HSK 7 #4,248

Meanings

1 to tolerate
2 to put up with

Characters

tolerate; allow

Literally 'tolerate and endure' — to put up with something

Examples

我无法容忍他的无礼行为。

Wǒ wúfǎ róngrěn tā de wúlǐ xíngwéi.

I can't tolerate his rude behavior.

她已经容忍了很久了。

Tā yǐjīng róngrěn le hěn jiǔ le.

She has put up with it for a long time.

这种错误是不能容忍的。

Zhè zhǒng cuòwù shì bù néng róngrěn de.

This kind of mistake is intolerable.

Tips

usage

容忍 implies tolerating something negative or unpleasant, often behavior. Compare with 忍耐 (rěnnài, patient endurance of hardship) and 忍受 (rěnshòu, bearing pain/suffering). 容忍 focuses on allowing or putting up with someone else's faults.

Stroke Order

容 róng

忍 rěn