忍 rěn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- Made of
- 刃 edged tool, cutlery, knife edge 心 heart
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
忍不住
rěnbuzhù
cannot help doing
Characters in this word
不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
住 zhù
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 主 master, host
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我忍不住笑了。 Wǒ rěnbuzhù xiào le. I could not help laughing.
- 她忍不住哭了。 Tā rěnbuzhù kū le. She could not help crying.
- 我忍不住想你。 Wǒ rěnbuzhù xiǎng nǐ. I cannot help thinking of you.
Related words
- 忍 rěn to endure; to hold back
- 忍受 rěnshòu to bear; to put up with
- 不大 búdà not very, not much
- 不对 búduì wrong, incorrect
- 不客气 búkèqi you're welcome
- 不用 búyòng no need to
- 不 bù no, not
- 对不起 duìbuqǐ sorry, excuse me
- 是不是 shìbushì is it or not? (tag question)
- 不错 búcuò good; not bad
- 不但 búdàn not only
- 不够 búgòu not enough