HSK 6 · Adjectives

严峻 yánjùn “severe” in Chinese

Traditional 嚴峻

What 严峻 means

  1. severe
  2. grim
  3. serious
  4. rigorous

How to say 严峻

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale严yán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale峻jùn4th tone, falling

严峻 in a sentence

  1. 形势似乎非常紧张严峻。

    Xíngshì sìhū fēicháng jǐnzhāng yánjùn.

    The situation seemed very tense and serious.

    Sentence #13285183 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 那国家的气候很严峻。

    Nà guójiā de qìhòu hěn yánjùn.

    That country has a severe climate.

    Sentence #1408330 from Tatoeba

How 严峻 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 严 (yán) with each of its parts in a different colour
严yántight
  • 亚Asia · yà
  • 厂cliff · hǎn
The character 峻 (jùn) with each of its parts in a different colour
峻jùnhigh
  • 山mountain · shānMeaning part
  • 夋to dawdleSound part

山 hints at the meaning (mountain); 夋 () hints at the sound. Compare it with jùn.

How to write 严峻

严 7 strokes · 峻 10 strokes

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

Words related to 严峻

Words with 严

严格yángé · strict严重yánzhòng · grave严肃yánsù · solemn严厉yánlì · strict严密yánmì · tight庄严zhuāngyán · solemn严禁yánjìn · to strictly prohibit严寒yánhán · bitter cold尊严zūnyán · dignity

More words: Adjectives

细致xìzhì · careful悬殊xuánshū · very different虚假xūjiǎ · false虚伪xūwěi · hypocritical严厉yánlì · strict严密yánmì · tight耀眼yàoyǎn · dazzling遥远yáoyuǎn · distant

FAQs

严峻 (yánjùn) means “severe” or “grim”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yánjùn: yán with a 2nd tone, then jùn 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, 严峻 is written 嚴峻. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yanjun with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 严峻 from the suggestions. Typing yanjun into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
严峻 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.