忍 jan² {rěn}

1. to bear
2. to endure
3. to tolerate
4. to restrain oneself

忍氣〔-气〕 jan² hei³ {rěn qì}

to hold in one's breath; to hold in one's anger

忍耐 jan² noi⁶ {rěn nài}

to bear

忍手 jan² sau² {rěn shǒu}

cannot do/ touch; to control one's desire, for example, gambling

忍受 jan² sau⁶ {rěn shòu}

to suffer

忍恥〔-耻〕 jan² ci² {rěn chǐ}

to endure humiliation

忍冬 jan² dung¹ {rěn dōng}

1. honeysuckle
2. Lonicera japonica

忍讓〔-让〕 jan² joeng⁶ {rěn ràng}

1. to exercise forbearance
2. patient and accommodating

忍耐 jan² noi⁶ {rěn nài}

1. to show restraint
2. to repress (anger etc)
3. to exercise patience

忍心 jan² sam¹ {rěn xīn}

1. to have the heart to do sth
2. to steel oneself to a task

忍受 jan² sau⁶ {rěn shòu}

1. to bear
2. to endure

忍痛 jan² tung³ {rěn tòng}

1. to suffer
2. fig. reluctantly

忍者 jan² ze² {rěn zhě}

ninja

忍俊 jan² zeon³ {rěn jùn}

smiling

忍唔住 jan² m⁴ zyu⁶ {rěn ń zhù}

can't bear or tolerate any longer; cannot resist against doing something

忍不住 jan² bat¹ zyu⁶ {rěn bu zhù}

1. cannot help
2. unable to bear

忍得住 jan² dak¹ zyu⁶ {rěn de zhù}

1. to refrain
2. to be able to endure it

忍耐力 jan² noi⁶ lik⁶ {rěn nài lì}

1. patience
2. fortitude

忍者龜〔--龟〕 jan² ze² gwai¹ {Rěn zhě Guī}

1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Tw)
2. see 忍者神龜

忍垢偷生 jan² gau³ tau¹ sang¹ {rěn gòu tōu shēng}

to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)

忍飢挨餓〔-饥-饿〕 jan² gei¹ aai¹ ngo⁶ {rěn jī ái è}

1. starving
2. famished

忍氣吞聲〔-气-声〕 jan² hei³ tan¹ seng¹ {rěn qì tūn shēng}

1. to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence
2. to swallow one's anger
3. to grin and bear it

忍辱負重〔--负-〕 jan² juk⁶ fu⁶ zung⁶ {rěn rǔ fù zhòng}

to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom); to suffer in silence

忍辱含垢 jan² juk⁶ ham⁴ gau³ {rěn rǔ hán gòu}

1. to eat humble pie
2. to accept humiliation
3. to turn the other cheek

忍辱求全 jan² juk⁶ kau⁴ cyun⁴ {rěn rǔ qiú quán}

to endure humiliation to preserve unity

忍辱偷生 jan² juk⁶ tau¹ sang¹ {rěn rǔ tōu shēng}

to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)

忍無可忍〔-无--〕 jan² mou⁴ ho² jan² {rěn wú kě rěn}

1. more than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one's patience
2. the last straw

忍痛割愛〔---爱〕 jan² tung³ got³ oi³ {rěn tòng gē ài}

to resign oneself to part with what one treasures

忍者神龜〔---龟〕 jan² ze² san⁴ gwai¹ {Rěn zhě Shén guī}

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, US comic book series, first appeared in 1984, also films, video games etc

忍俊不禁 jan² zeon³ bat¹ gam³ {rěn jùn bù jīn}

1. cannot help laughing
2. unable to restrain a smile