耐心 nàixīn — patience; patient
nàixīn (fourth tone, falling)nai4xin1
patience; patient
HSK 4· HSK 1–6 (classic)Level 5· 2021 three-band, nine-level proficiency standardnounadjective
Meanings
patience; patient
耐, to endure, and 心, the heart that does the enduring — the ability to keep going through something slow or repetitive without irritation. It is most often held with 有: 有耐心, to have patience, and lost with 没.
noun
Character breakdown
Example sentences
- 教小孩子要很有耐心。Jiāo (first tone, high and level) xiǎoháizi (third tone, dipping) yào (fourth tone, falling) hěn (third tone, dipping) yǒu (third tone, dipping) nàixīn. (fourth tone, falling)···
Teaching young children requires a great deal of patience.
- 他没有耐心，做什么都想快点儿完成。他沒有耐心，做什麼都想快點兒完成。Tā (first tone, high and level) méiyǒu (second tone, rising) nàixīn, (fourth tone, falling) zuò (fourth tone, falling) shénme (second tone, rising) dōu (first tone, high and level) xiǎng (third tone, dipping) kuài (fourth tone, falling) diǎnr (third tone, dipping) wánchéng. (second tone, rising)···
He has no patience — whatever he does, he wants to finish quickly.
Common mistakes
Not quite教小孩子要很小心。
Correct教小孩子要很有耐心。
小心 is caution against a mistake or accident — watch your step, mind the stove. 耐心 is the patience to keep at something slow or repetitive — teaching a child, waiting in a queue. Being careful will not make a slow task go any faster.
Similar words
Words containing 心
- 心xīn (first tone, high and level)heart
- 中心zhōng (first tone, high and level) xīn (first tone, high and level)center
- 心理xīn (first tone, high and level) lǐ (third tone, dipping)mental
- 担心擔心dānxīn (first tone, high and level)to worry, to be anxious about
- 心里心裡xīn (first tone, high and level) li (neutral tone)chest
- 心情xīn (first tone, high and level) qíng (second tone, rising)mood
- 关心關心guānxīn (first tone, high and level)to care about, to be concerned for
- 小心xiǎoxīn (third tone, dipping)to be careful, to watch out for
- 放心fàngxīn (fourth tone, falling)to set one’s mind at rest, to stop worrying
- 内心內心nèi (fourth tone, falling) xīn (first tone, high and level)heart; innermost being
- 心中xīn (first tone, high and level) zhōng (first tone, high and level)central point
- 伤心傷心shāngxīn (first tone, high and level)sad, heartbroken, grieved
- 信心xìn (fourth tone, falling) xīn (first tone, high and level)confidence
- 恶心噁心è (fourth tone, falling) xīn (first tone, high and level)bad habit
- 心脏心臟xīn (first tone, high and level) zàng (fourth tone, falling)heart
- 真心zhēn (first tone, high and level) xīn (first tone, high and level)sincere
- 心灵心靈xīn (first tone, high and level) líng (second tone, rising)bright