HSK 6 · Adjectives

倔强 juéjiàng “stubborn” in Chinese

Traditional 倔強

What 倔强 means

  1. stubborn
  2. obstinate
  3. unbending

How to say 倔强

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale倔jué2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale强jiàng4th tone, falling

倔强 in a sentence

  1. 他是个倔强的人。

    Tā shì ge juéjiàng de rén.

    He is a stubborn person.

    Sentence #4440131 from Tatoeba

  2. 她是个倔强的女孩。

    Tā shì ge juéjiàng de nǚhái.

    She’s a stubborn girl.

    Sentence #336456 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 事实是倔强的，但统计是柔顺的。

    Shìshí shì juéjiàng de, dàn tǒngjì shì róushùn de.

    Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are pliable.

    Sentence #5581683 from Tatoeba

How 倔强 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 倔 (jué) with each of its parts in a different colour
倔juégruff; surly
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 屈to bend · qū
The character 强 (qiáng) with each of its parts in a different colour
强jiàngstubborn
  • 弓bow · gōngMeaning part
  • 虽although · suī

弓 hints at the meaning (bow); 虫 (chóng) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiàng.

How to write 倔强

倔 10 strokes · 强 12 strokes

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

Words related to 倔强

Words with 强

强qiáng · strong强调qiángdiào · to emphasise (a statement)坚强jiānqiáng · staunch强烈qiángliè · strong强迫qiǎngpò · to force勉强miǎnqiǎng · reluctantly顽强wánqiáng · tenacious强制qiángzhì · compulsory

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FAQs

倔强 (juéjiàng) means “stubborn” or “obstinate”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it juéjiàng: jué with a 2nd tone, then jiàng 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, 倔强 is written 倔強. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type juejiang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 倔强 from the suggestions. Typing juejiang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
倔强 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.