忍不住 rěnbuzhù▶ ทนไม่ไหว

Stroke order

忍不住 is written in 18 strokes across 3 characters.

• 忍 — 7 strokes
• 不 — 4 strokes
• 住 — 7 strokes

Senses

1. cannot help
2. unable to bear

Related words

• 不如ไม่ดีเท่า
• 不安ไม่สบายใจ, ไม่มั่นคง
• 不断อย่างต่อเนื่อง, ตลอดเวลา
• 不然มิฉะนั้น
• 不足ไม่เพียงพอ
• 要不หรือ

忍不住 is pronounced rěnbuzhù and means “ทนไม่ไหว”. HSK 5 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 忍不住 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.