HSK 5 · Adjectives

硬 yìng “hard” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 硬 means

  1. hard
  2. stiff
  3. firm
  4. solid
  5. (fig.) strong
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • resolutely
  • uncompromisingly
  • laboriously
  • with great difficulty
  • good (quality)
  • able (person)

How to say 硬

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale硬yìng4th tone, falling

硬 in a sentence

  1. 这个床垫很硬。

    Zhè ge chuángdiàn hěn yìng.

    This is a very hard mattress.

    Sentence #9046309 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 橡皮不硬：它在压力下会变形。

    Xiàngpí bú yìng: tā zài yālì xià huì biànxíng.

    Rubber isn’t hard: it changes shape under pressure.

    Sentence #1565680 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 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 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 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 硬

硬 12 strokes

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

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

Words related to 硬

Words with 硬

硬件yìngjiàn · hardware僵硬jiāngyìng · stiff坚硬jiānyìng · hard

More words: Adjectives

斜xié · inclined虚心xūxīn · open-minded迅速xùnsù · rapid严肃yánsù · solemn一致yízhì · consistent意外yìwài · unexpected英俊yīngjùn · handsome用功yònggōng · hard-working (at study)

FAQs

硬 (yìng) means “hard” or “stiff”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it yìng: yìng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 硬 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ying with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 硬 from the suggestions. Typing ying into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
硬 is an HSK 5 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.