耐性

nàixìng

noun HSK 7 #15,984

Meanings

1 patience
2 endurance

Characters

nature; temperament

Examples

学中文需要很大的耐性。

Xué Zhōngwén xūyào hěn dà de nàixìng.

Learning Chinese requires great patience.

他没有耐性等那么久。

Tā méiyǒu nàixìng děng nàme jiǔ.

He doesn't have the patience to wait that long.

Tips

usage

耐性 is similar to 耐心 but slightly more formal. 耐心 is more common in everyday speech and can also be used as an adjective, while 耐性 is strictly a noun.

Stroke Order

耐 nài

性 xìng