HSK 6 · Adjectives

坚硬 jiānyìng “hard” in Chinese

Traditional 堅硬

What 坚硬 means

  1. hard
  2. solid

How to say 坚硬

  • 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硬yìng4th tone, falling

坚硬 in a sentence

  1. 那如石头一般坚硬。

    Nà rú shítou yìbān jiānyìng.

    It was as hard as stone.

    Sentence #10461326 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 昆虫有一层坚硬的表皮。

    Kūnchóng yǒu yì céng jiānyìng de biǎopí.

    Insects have a hard outer skin.

    Sentence #752514 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 坚硬 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 硬 (yìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
硬yìnghard; stiff; solid
  • 石stone · shíMeaning part
  • 更more · gēngSound part

石 hints at the meaning (stone); 更 (gēng) hints at the sound. Compare it with yìng.

How to write 坚硬

坚 7 strokes · 硬 12 strokes

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

Words related to 坚硬

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坚实jiānshí · solid

Words with 硬

硬yìng · hard硬件yìngjiàn · hardware僵硬jiāngyìng · stiff

More words: Adjectives

坚韧jiānrèn · tough尖锐jiānruì · sharp坚实jiānshí · solid简要jiǎnyào · brief娇气jiāoqì · fragile侥幸jiǎoxìng · lucky家喻户晓jiāyùhùxiǎo · known to everyone机动jīdòng · motorised

FAQs

坚硬 (jiānyìng) means “hard” or “solid”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiānyìng: jiān with a 1st tone, then yìng 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, 坚硬 is written 堅硬. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jianying with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 坚硬 from the suggestions. Typing jianying into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
坚硬 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.