HSK 6 · Adjectives

坚实 jiānshí “solid” in Chinese

Traditional 堅實

What 坚实 means

  1. solid
  2. firm
  3. firm and substantial

How to say 坚实

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale实shí2nd tone, rising

坚实 in a sentence

  1. 好的开始为成功打下了坚实的基础。

    Hǎo de kāishǐ wèi chénggōng dǎxià le jiānshí de jīchǔ.

    A good start lays a solid foundation for success.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这座房子建在坚实的地基上。

    Zhè zuò fángzi jiàn zài jiānshí de dìjī shàng.

    This house is built on solid foundations.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 坚实 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 实 (shí) with each of its parts in a different colour
实shíreal
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 头head · tóu

Memory aidSimplified from 實, a house 宀 full of strings of coins: solid, real.

How to write 坚实

坚 7 strokes · 实 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 坚实

Words with 坚

坚持jiānchí · to persevere with坚决jiānjué · firm坚强jiānqiáng · staunch坚定jiāndìng · firm坚固jiāngù · sturdy坚韧jiānrèn · tough坚硬jiānyìng · hard

Words with 实

其实qíshí · actually诚实chéngshí · honest实际shíjì · actual确实quèshí · indeed实在shízài · really实际上shíjìshàng · in fact果实guǒshí · fruit (of a plant)实话shíhuà · truth实现shíxiàn · to achieve结实jiēshi · sturdy

More words: Adjectives

艰难jiānnán · difficult健全jiànquán · sound坚韧jiānrèn · tough尖锐jiānruì · sharp简要jiǎnyào · brief坚硬jiānyìng · hard娇气jiāoqì · fragile侥幸jiǎoxìng · lucky

FAQs

坚实 (jiānshí) means “solid” or “firm”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiānshí: jiān with a 1st tone, then shí with a 2nd 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, 坚实 is written 堅實. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jianshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 坚实 from the suggestions. Typing jianshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
坚实 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.