粵

耐noi6心sam1

noi6 sam1nài xīn

English

  1. to be patient
  2. patience; persistence
  3. patient; persistent
  4. patience

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 能夠忍耐長時間做一樣嘢,同埋期間所遇到嘅問題,並唔變得急躁呢一種心理質素
  2. 能夠忍耐長時間做一樣嘢,同埋期間所遇到嘅問題,並唔變得急躁

Examples

  • 佢好耐心噉教我。

    He teaches me very patiently.

  • 教細路仔要有耐心。

    You need to have the patience to teach children.

  • 感謝你嘅耐心解釋。

    Thanks for your patient explanation.

  • 我冇耐心同你講落去。

    I don't have the patience to continue to talk to you.

  • 佢好煩呀,搞到我冇曬耐心。

    He is so annoying. I can't stand it!

  • 喺呢啲情況下,大人應該耐心等待,睇住小朋友嘅精神成長,而唔係即刻鬧佢哋。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 「爹哋,我可唔可以問你一個問題?」佢用任何有經驗嘅父母都熟悉嘅耐心、非易怒嘅語氣開始講。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 耐心點。

    Just be patient.

    Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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