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僵

jiāng

HSK 6 Character

What 僵 means

1. rigid
2. deadlock
3. stiff (corpse)

Other readings

僵 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• jiāngvariant of {僵|jiāng}

Example sentences

• 僵尸吃脑子。
  Zombies eat brains.
• 他吓得全身僵硬。
  Tā xià de quánshēn jiāngyìng.
  He was rigid with terror.
• 游泳选手们冻僵了。
  Yóuyǒng xuǎnshǒu men dòngjiāng le.
  The swimmers were numb with cold.
• 我们必须设法打破这个僵局。
  Wǒmen bìxū shèfǎ dǎpò zhège jiāngjú.
  We must try to break the deadlock.
• 在僵尸启示录的事件中你会怎么做？
  Zài jiāngshī Qǐshìlù de shìjiàn zhōng nǐ huì zěnme zuò?
  What would you do in the event of a zombie apocalypse?
• 我的手指冻僵了，以至于无法弹钢琴了。
  Wǒ de shǒuzhǐ dòngjiāng le, yǐzhìyú wúfǎ tán gāngqín le.
  My fingers are so numb with cold that I can't play the piano.

Words starting with 僵

• 僵硬jiāng yìngstiff; rigid
• 僵尸jiāng shīgyonshi; jiang shi; Chinese vampire
• 僵持jiāng chíto be deadlocked
• 僵局jiāng júimpasse; deadlock
• 僵化jiāng huàto become rigid
• 僵直jiāng zhístiff; rigid; inflexible
• 僵住jiāng zhùmotionless; unable to move
• 僵卧jiāng wòto lie rigid and motionless
• 僵住症jiāng zhù zhèngcatalepsy
• 僵固性jiāng gù xìngrigidity
• 僵尸车jiāng shī chē(colloquial) abandoned car
• 僵尸粉jiāng shī fěn"zombie fans", fake followers that can be bought to boost one's popularity on Weibo…
• 僵尸网络jiāng shī wǎng luòbotnet; zombie network; slave network (used by spammers)

Words containing 僵

• 冻僵dòng jiāngfrozen stiff; numb with cold
• 尸僵shī jiāngrigor mortis
• 弄僵nòng jiāngto bring to deadlock; to result in a stalemate
• 直僵zhí jiāngrigid; stiff
• 闹僵nào jiāng(of a relationship or situation) to become strained and tense
• 核僵持hé jiāng chínuclear equipoise; nuclear stalemate
• 死而不僵sǐ ér bù jiāngdead but showing no signs of rigor mortis; to die hard (idiom)…
• 李代桃僵lǐ dài táo jiānglit. the plum tree withers in place of the peach tree…
• 白僵蚕bái jiāng cánthe larva of silkworm with batrytis
• 百足之虫死而不僵bǎi zú zhī chóng sǐ ér bù jiānga centipede dies but never falls down; old institutions die hard

Characters built on 畺

These share the phonetic component 畺 (jiāng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 疆jiāngborder; boundary
• 缰jiāngbridle; reins; halter
• 礓jiānga small stone

Characters that look like 僵

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 遭zāoto suffer; to meet with (usu. misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident
• 穆mùsolemn; reverent; calm
• 潘pān(archaic) water in which rice has been washed; (Taiwan) kitchen waste…
• 嘻xīlaugh; giggle; (interjection expressing admiration, surprise etc)
• 缰jiāngbridle; reins; halter
• 僮tóngservant boy

Sounds the same

Read jiāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 将will; shall; to use
• 江river
• 疆border; boundary
• 姜ginger
• 浆thick liquid; to starch
• 矼stone bridge
• 缰bridle; reins; halter
• 豇used in 豇豆
• 茳used in 茳芏
• 礓a small stone
• 橿Quercus glauca
• 螀cicada (Cosmopsaltria opalifera)