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Being tolerant is accepting differences. You don't expect others to think, look, speak or act just like you. You are free of prejudice, knowing that all people have feelings, needs, hopes and dreams. Tolerance is also accepting things you wish were different with patience and flexibility.
寬容 can also be translated as magnanimity, generosity, or leniency.
Note: There is a tiny deviation in the first character when written in Japanese. If you choose our Japanese master calligrapher, the little dot on the lower right of the first character will be omitted. With or without the dot, this can be read in Chinese, Japanese, and old Korean.
See Also: Patience
Gaman is a Zen Buddhist term from Japan that means "enduring the seemingly unbearable with patience and dignity".
This title can also be translated as patience, perseverance, tolerance, or self-denial.
我慢 is also a Chinese Buddhist term with a different pronunciation. It comes from Sanskrit abhimāna or ātma-mada. Chinese Buddhism defines this very differently as, "Egoism exalting self and depreciating others", "self-intoxication", or "pride". Alone, the first character means "Me, I, or Self", and the second character in a Buddhist context comes from Sanskrit māna and means pride, arrogance, self-conceit, looking down on others, supercilious, etc.
I’m currently working with Japanese and Chinese translators to try and reconcile the true meaning or any commonality of this word between languages. For now, please only consider this if your audience is Japanese.
Patience is quiet hope and trust that things will turn out right. You wait without complaining. You are tolerant and accepting of difficulties and mistakes. You picture the end in the beginning and persevere to meet your goals.
忍耐 can also mean "to endure", "restrain oneself", "forbearance", and in some context it can mean "perseverance" or "endurance".
忍耐 is also used as a tenet of Taekwondo, Tang Soo Do, and other Korean martial arts where it's titled "Endurance" and romanized as "In Neh".
Note that when writing this as Kanji, Japanese will tend to write the first character in the form shown to the right. If you select our Japanese master calligrapher, please expect this Kanji form (yes,
it’s
just one stroke that is slightly different in location, crossing another stroke in the Japanese Kanji form).
See Also: Peace | Harmony | Perseverance
容納 speaks of being tolerant of other opinions or being accepting of other people's ideas or ways of doing things.
Other definitions of this word: have the capacity for; to accommodate; to tolerate.
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Tolerance | 寬容 宽容 | kanyou / kanyo | kuān róng kuan1 rong2 kuan rong kuanrong | k`uan jung kuanjung kuan jung |
Gaman | 我慢 | ga man / gaman | wǒ màn / wo3 man4 / wo man / woman | |
Patience Perseverance To Endure Tolerant | 忍耐 | nin tai / nintai | rěn nài / ren3 nai4 / ren nai / rennai | jen nai / jennai |
Acceptance Tolerate | 容納 容纳 | róng nà / rong2 na4 / rong na / rongna | jung na / jungna | |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your tolerance search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
容赦 see styles |
yousha / yosha / ようしゃ | ![]() More info & calligraphy: |
忍び see styles |
shinobi / しのび | ![]() More info & calligraphy: |
量 see styles |
liàng / liang4 liang ryou / ryo / りょう |
capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar); measure word (n,n-suf) (1) quantity; amount; volume; capacity; portion (of food); (2) (See 度量・1) generosity; magnanimity; tolerance; (3) {Buddh} pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge; (surname, female given name) Ryou pramāṇa. Measure, capacity, length, ability; to measure, deliberate; a syllogism in logic, v. 比量. A syllogism, consisting of 宗 pratijñā, proposition; 因 hetu, reason; 喩 udāharaṇa, example; but the syllogism varies in the number of its avayava, or members. There are other divisions from 2 to 6, e.g. 現量 and 比量 direct or sense inferences, and comparative or logical inferences; to these are added 聖教量 arguments based on authority; 譬喩量 analogy; 義准 postulation, or general assent; and 無體 negation, or non-existence. |
三忍 see styles |
sān rěn / san1 ren3 san jen sannin |
The tree forms of kṣānti, i.e. patience (or endurance, tolerance). One of the groups is patience under hatred, under physical hardship, and in pursuit of the faith. Another is patience of the blessed in the Pure Land in understanding the truth they hear, patience in obeying the truth, patience in attaining absolute reality; v. 無量壽經. Another is patience in the joy of remembering Amitābha, patience in meditation on his truth, and patience in constant faith in him. Another is the patience of submission, of faith, and of obedience; three kinds of tolerance |
公差 see styles |
gōng chāi / gong1 chai1 kung ch`ai / kung chai kousa / kosa / こうさ |
official errand; bailiff in a yamen (1) {math} common difference; (2) tolerance (in engineering, manufacturing, etc.); allowance; allowable error |
勘忍 see styles |
kannin / かんにん | (noun/participle) (1) patience; patient endurance; forbearance; tolerance; (2) forgiveness; pardon |
包容 see styles |
bāo róng / bao1 rong2 pao jung houyou / hoyo / ほうよう |
to pardon; to forgive; to show tolerance; to contain; to hold; inclusive (noun/participle) toleration; magnanimity; comprehension |
器量 see styles |
qì liàng / qi4 liang4 ch`i liang / chi liang kiryō / きりょう |
tolerance (1) looks; features; personal beauty; (2) ability; talent; calibre; caliber; capability; capacity; (3) dignity; credit; estimation Capacity; capacity |
堪忍 see styles |
kān rěn / kan1 ren3 k`an jen / kan jen kannin / かんにん |
(noun/participle) (1) patience; patient endurance; forbearance; tolerance; (2) forgiveness; pardon sahā; to bear, patiently endure; forbearance |
大目 see styles |
oome / おおめ | (noun or adjectival noun) (1) (See 大目に見る・おおめにみる) magnanimity; tolerance; (2) (obscure) large eyes; (surname) Daime |
寛容 see styles |
kanyou / kanyo / かんよう | (n,adj-na,vs) tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity; (personal name) Hiroyasu |
度量 see styles |
dù liàng / du4 liang4 tu liang doryou / doryo / どりょう |
measure; tolerance; breadth; magnanimity; (math.) metric (1) generosity; magnanimity; tolerance; (2) length and capacity; measures |
心眼 see styles |
xīn yǎn / xin1 yan3 hsin yen shingan / しんがん |
heart; intention; conscience; consideration; cleverness; tolerance the mind's eye The eye of the mind, mental vision; mind's eye |
心路 see styles |
xīn lù / xin1 lu4 hsin lu shinro / こころ |
scheme; artifice; tolerance; intention; motive; train of thought; brains; wit; ideas (female given name) Kokoro The mind-road, i. e. the road to Buddhahood. |
慈忍 see styles |
cí rěn / ci2 ren3 tz`u jen / tzu jen jinin / じにん |
(personal name) Jinin Compassion and patience, compassionate tolerance; compassion and tolerance |
氣量 气量 see styles |
qì liàng / qi4 liang4 ch`i liang / chi liang |
(lit. quantity of spirit); moral character; degree of forbearance; broad-mindedness or otherwise; tolerance; magnanimity |
耐性 see styles |
nài xìng / nai4 xing4 nai hsing taisei / taise / たいせい |
patience; endurance (noun - becomes adjective with の) resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance) |
裕度 see styles |
yù dù / yu4 du4 yü tu yuudo / yudo / ゆうど |
margin; allowance electrical tolerance |
許容 see styles |
kyoyou / kyoyo / きょよう | (n,vs,adj-no) permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon |
雅量 see styles |
yǎ liàng / ya3 liang4 ya liang garyou / garyo / がりょう |
magnanimity; tolerance; high capacity for drinking magnanimity; generosity; tolerance; (given name) Masakazu |
餘量 余量 see styles |
yú liàng / yu2 liang4 yü liang |
remnant; leftover; tolerance (i.e. allowed error) |
包容力 see styles |
houyouryoku / hoyoryoku / ほうようりょく | tolerance; broad-mindedness |
承受力 see styles |
chéng shòu lì / cheng2 shou4 li4 ch`eng shou li / cheng shou li |
tolerance; capability of adapting oneself |
耐受力 see styles |
nài shòu lì / nai4 shou4 li4 nai shou li |
tolerance; ability to survive; hardiness |
耐受性 see styles |
nài shòu xìng / nai4 shou4 xing4 nai shou hsing |
tolerance (to heat, acid etc); resistance |
耐屈曲 see styles |
taikukkyoku / たいくっきょく | flexibility; bend-tolerance |
耐病性 see styles |
taibyousei / taibyose / たいびょうせい | disease resistance; disease tolerance |
耐藥性 耐药性 see styles |
nài yào xìng / nai4 yao4 xing4 nai yao hsing |
drug resistance; drug tolerance (medicine) |
許容差 see styles |
kyoyousa / kyoyosa / きょようさ | allowable difference; tolerance; leeway |
零容忍 see styles |
líng róng rěn / ling2 rong2 ren3 ling jung jen |
zero tolerance |
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