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硬
yìng
firm, hard, strong; obstinate
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HSK 5
12 strokes
Common (12%)
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Words Using 硬 (90)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
硬
↗
yìng
hard / stiff / strong / firm / resolutely / doggedly / good (quality) / able (person)
5
yìng
硬
↗
HSK 5
hard / stiff / strong / firm / resolutely / doggedly / good (quality) / able (person)
硬件
↗
yìngjiàn
hardware
5
yìngjiàn
硬件
↗
HSK 5
hardware
僵硬
↗
jiāngyìng
stiff / rigid
6
jiāngyìng
僵硬
↗
HSK 6
stiff / rigid
坚硬
↗
jiānyìng
hard / solid
6
jiānyìng
坚硬
↗
HSK 6
hard / solid
硬要
↗
yìngyào
firmly set on doing sth / to insist on doing / determined in one's book of action
yìngyào
硬要
↗
firmly set on doing sth / to insist on doing / determined in one's book of action
嘴硬
↗
zuǐyìng
reluctant to admit a mistake
zuǐyìng
嘴硬
↗
reluctant to admit a mistake
硬化
↗
yìnghuà
to harden / hardening / sclerosis / fig. to become rigid or inflexible in opinions / to ossify
yìnghuà
硬化
↗
to harden / hardening / sclerosis / fig. to become rigid or inflexible in opinions / to ossify
硬木
↗
yìngmù
hardwood
yìngmù
硬木
↗
hardwood
硬是
↗
yìngshì
just / simply / stubbornly / really
yìngshì
硬是
↗
just / simply / stubbornly / really
硬皮
↗
yìngpí
crust (of a solidified liquid etc)
yìngpí
硬皮
↗
crust (of a solidified liquid etc)