HSK 6 · Adjectives

坚固 jiāngù “sturdy” in Chinese

Traditional 堅固

What 坚固 means

  1. sturdy
  2. solid
  3. strong
  4. firm
  5. firmly
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • hard
  • stable

How to say 坚固

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale坚jiān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale固gù4th tone, falling

坚固 in a sentence

  1. 那是个坚固的栏杆。

    Nà shì ge jiāngù de lángān.

    That’s a sturdy railing.

    Sentence #5505594 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 这个梯子是否足够坚固以承受我的重量？

    Zhè ge tīzi shìfǒu zúgòu jiāngù yǐ chéngshòu wǒ de zhòngliàng?

    Is this ladder strong enough to bear my weight?

    Sentence #335611 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 坚固 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 坚 (jiān) drawn as one shape
坚jiānstrong

坚 is a single shape of 7 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 固 (gù) with each of its parts in a different colour
固gùhard
  • 囗enclosure · wéiMeaning part
  • 古old · gǔSound part

囗 hints at the meaning (enclosure); 古 (gǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with gù.

How to write 坚固

坚 7 strokes · 固 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

坚固 (jiāngù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 坚固 (jiāngù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 坚固

Words with 坚

坚持jiānchí · to persevere with坚决jiānjué · firm坚强jiānqiáng · staunch坚定jiāndìng · firm坚韧jiānrèn · tough坚实jiānshí · solid坚硬jiānyìng · hard

Words with 固

固定gùdìng · to fix巩固gǒnggù · to consolidate固有gùyǒu · inherent固执gùzhí · stubborn牢固láogù · firm顽固wángù · stubborn固体gùtǐ · solid (matter)凝固nínggù · to solidify固然gùrán · admittedly根深蒂固gēnshēndìgù · deep-rooted

More words: Adjectives

混乱hùnluàn · chaos混浊hùnzhuó · murky坚定jiāndìng · firm见多识广jiànduōshíguǎng · well-informed and experienced僵硬jiāngyìng · stiff间接jiànjiē · indirect简陋jiǎnlòu · simple and crude艰难jiānnán · difficult

FAQs

坚固 (jiāngù) means “sturdy” or “solid”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiāngù: jiān with a 1st tone, then gù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 坚固 is written 堅固. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiangu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 坚固 from the suggestions. Typing jiangu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
坚固 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.