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僵硬

jiāng yìng

HSK 6 2-character word

What 僵硬 means

1. stiff; rigid

The characters in 僵硬

• 僵jiāngrigid; deadlock; stiff (corpse)
• 硬yìnghard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly

Example sentences

• 他吓得全身僵硬。
  Tā xià de quánshēn jiāngyìng.
  He was rigid with terror.
• Antonio站了六个小时后，腿变得僵硬。
  A ntonio zhàn le liù gè xiǎoshí hòu, tuǐ biànde jiāngyìng.
  After standing for 6 hours, Antonio's legs became stiff.

Sounds the same

Read jiāng yìng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 浆硬to starch; to stiffen cloth with starch