HSK 6 · Adjectives

牢固 láogù “firm” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 牢固 means

  1. firm
  2. secure
  3. solid

How to say 牢固

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale牢láo2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale固gù4th tone, falling

牢固 in a sentence

  1. 绳子不够牢固，撑不住他。

    Shéngzi bú gòu láogù, chēng bú zhù tā.

    The rope wasn’t strong enough to hold him.

    Sentence #813587 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 牢固 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 牢 (láo) with each of its parts in a different colour
牢láopen; fold
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 牛cow · niú
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 牢固

牢 7 strokes · 固 8 strokes

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

Words related to 牢固

Words with 牢

牢骚láosāo · complaint

Words with 固

固定gùdìng · to fix巩固gǒnggù · to consolidate固有gùyǒu · inherent固执gùzhí · stubborn坚固jiāngù · sturdy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

宽敞kuānchang · spacious宽容kuānróng · tolerant枯燥kūzào · dull懒惰lǎnduò · lazy类似lèisì · similar冷酷lěngkù · cold-hearted廉洁liánjié · honest辽阔liáokuò · vast

FAQs

牢固 (láogù) means “firm” or “secure”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it láogù: láo with a 2nd 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.
Yes. 牢固 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type laogu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 牢固 from the suggestions. Typing laogu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
牢固 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.