HSK 6 · Adjectives

顽固 wángù “stubborn” in Chinese

Traditional 頑固

What 顽固 means

  1. stubborn
  2. obstinate

How to say 顽固

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale顽wán2nd 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

顽固 in a sentence

  1. 他年纪越大变得越顽固。

    Tā niánjì yuè dà biàn de yuè wángù.

    The older he got, the more stubborn he became.

    Sentence #834982 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 顽固 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 顽 (wán) with each of its parts in a different colour
顽wánmischievous
  • 元first · yuánSound part
  • 页page · xiéMeaning part

页 hints at the meaning (page); 元 (yuán) hints at the sound. Compare it with wán.

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 顽固

顽 10 strokes · 固 8 strokes

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

Words related to 顽固

Words with 顽

顽强wánqiáng · tenacious

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牢固láogù · firm固体gùtǐ · solid (matter)凝固nínggù · to solidify固然gùrán · admittedly根深蒂固gēnshēndìgù · deep-rooted

More words: Adjectives

妥当tuǒdang · appropriate妥善tuǒshàn · appropriate外向wàixiàng · outgoing完备wánbèi · complete顽强wánqiáng · tenacious微不足道wēibùzúdào · insignificant威风wēifēng · impressive蔚蓝wèilán · azure

FAQs

顽固 (wángù) means “stubborn” or “obstinate”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wángù: wán 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 顽固 is written 頑固. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wangu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 顽固 from the suggestions. Typing wangu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
顽固 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.