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硬
yìng
1. hard
2. stiff
3. strong
4. firm
5. resolutely
6. doggedly
7. good (quality)
8. able (person)
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 12 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

硬
yìng
firm, hard, strong; obstinate
HSK 5 12 丶

Compound Words (20)

硬壳
yìngké
crust
变硬
biànyìng
to stiffen
硬气
yìngqì
firm
硬水
yìngshuǐ
hard water
硬汉
yìnghàn
man of steel
硬灌
yìngguàn
to force feed
翘硬
qiàoyìng
hard
硬皮
yìngpí
crust (of a solidified liquid etc)
嘴硬
zuǐyìng
reluctant to admit a mistake
硬体
yìngtǐ
(computer) hardware
坚硬
jiānyìng
hard
HSK 6
硬领
yìnglǐng
collar
强硬
qiángyìng
tough
硬逼
yìngbī
to pressure
僵硬
jiāngyìng
stiff
HSK 6
硬要
yìngyào
firmly set on doing sth
心硬
xīnyìng
hardhearted
冰硬
bīngyìng
frozen solid
硬卧
yìngwò
hard sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a harder bunk)
服硬
fúyìng
to yield to force

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,169
Word Frequency Rank
1,805 of 84,292

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