HSK 6 · Adjectives

顽强 wánqiáng “tenacious” in Chinese

Traditional 頑強

What 顽强 means

  1. tenacious
  2. indomitable
  3. hard to defeat

How to say 顽强

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale强qiáng2nd tone, rising

顽强 in a sentence

  1. 小草的生命力很顽强。

    Xiǎocǎo de shēngmìnglì hěn wánqiáng.

    Grass is very hardy.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他顽强地坚持跑到了终点。

    Tā wánqiáng de jiānchí pǎo dào le zhōngdiǎn.

    He doggedly kept going all the way to the finish line.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 顽强 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 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 强 (qiáng) with each of its parts in a different colour
强qiángstrong
  • 弓bow · gōngMeaning part
  • 虽although · suī

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

How to write 顽强

顽 10 strokes · 强 12 strokes

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

Words related to 顽强

Words with 顽

顽固wángù · stubborn

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倔强juéjiàng · stubborn勉强miǎnqiǎng · reluctantly强制qiángzhì · compulsory

More words: Adjectives

妥善tuǒshàn · appropriate外向wàixiàng · outgoing完备wánbèi · complete顽固wángù · stubborn微不足道wēibùzúdào · insignificant威风wēifēng · impressive蔚蓝wèilán · azure温和wēnhé · mild

FAQs

顽强 (wánqiáng) means “tenacious” or “indomitable”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wánqiáng: wán with a 2nd tone, then qiáng 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, 顽强 is written 頑強. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wanqiang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 顽强 from the suggestions. Typing wanqiang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
顽强 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.