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坚

jiān

HSK 4 Character Traditional 堅

What 坚 means

1. strong
2. solid
3. firm
4. unyielding
5. resolute

Example sentences

• 坚持。
  Keep it up!
• 坚持到底！
  Stiff upper lip!
• 他喜欢坚果。
  Tā xǐhuan jiānguǒ.
  He likes nuts.
• 我不够坚强。
  I wasn't strong enough.
• 可能含有坚果。
  May contain nuts.
• 汤姆喜欢坚果。
  Tom likes nuts.

Words starting with 坚

• 坚持jiān chíto persevere with; to persist in; to insist on
• 坚决jiān juéfirm; resolute; determined
• 坚强jiān qiángstaunch; strong
• 坚定jiān dìngfirm; steady; staunch
• 坚实jiān shífirm and substantial; solid
• 坚硬jiān yìnghard; solid
• 坚固jiān gùfirm; firmly; hard
• 坚韧jiān rèntough and durable; tenacious
• 坚信jiān xìnto believe firmly; without any doubt
• 坚守jiān shǒuto hold fast to; to stick to
• 坚毅jiān yìfirm and persistent; unswerving determination
• 坚持不懈jiān chí bù xiè(idiom) to persevere unremittingly; to keep going until the end
• 坚定不移jiān dìng bù yíunswerving; unflinching
• 坚挺jiān tǐngfirm and upright; strong (of currency)
• 坚忍jiān rěnpersevering; tenacious
• 坚韧不拔jiān rèn bù báfirm and indomitable (idiom); tenacious and unyielding
• 坚贞jiān zhēnfirm; unswerving; loyal to the end
• 坚称jiān chēngto claim; to insist
• 坚果jiān guǒnut
• 坚执jiān zhíto persist; to continue upholding; to persevere
• 坚明jiān míngto consolidate and clarify
• 坚致jiān zhìdurable and finely crafted
• 坚定性jiān dìng xìngfirmness; steadfastness
• 坚持下去jiān chí xià qùto press on

Words containing 坚

• 中坚zhōng jiāncore; nucleus; backbone
• 美利坚Měi lì jiānAmerica
• 攻坚gōng jiānto assault a fortified position; (fig.) to concentrate one's efforts on a particularly…
• 情比金坚qíng bǐ jīn jiānlove is more solid than gold (idiom)
• 美利坚治世Měi lì jiān Zhì shìPax Americana
• 美利坚合众国Měi lì jiān Hé zhòng guóUnited States of America
• 澳洲坚果Ào zhōu jiān guǒmacadamia nut
• 穷当益坚qióng dāng yì jiānpoor but ambitious (idiom); hard-pressed but determined…
• 攻坚克难gōng jiān kè nánto tackle a thorny problem and overcome its challenges
• 黄庭坚Huáng Tíng jiānHuang Tingjian (1045–1105), Song poet and calligrapher
• 钻坚仰高zuān jiān yǎng gāolit. looking up to it, it gets higher; boring into it, it gets harder (idiom)…
• 乘坚策肥chéng jiān cè féito live in luxury; lit. to ride a solid carriage pulled by fat horses
• 孙坚Sūn JiānSun Jian (155-191), famous general at end of Han dynasty, forerunner of the southern…
• 历久弥坚lì jiǔ mí jiānto become more resolute with the passing of time (idiom)
• 杨坚Yáng Jiānfirst Sui emperor Yang Jian (541-604), reigned 581-604
• 无坚不摧wú jiān bù cuīno stronghold one cannot overcome (idiom); to conquer every obstacle…
• 苻坚Fú JiānFu Jian (338-385), emperor of Former Qin 前秦

Characters that look like 坚

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

• 些xiēclassifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
• 宠chǒngto love; to pamper; to spoil
• 昌chāng(bound form) prosperous; flourishing
• 垄lǒngridge between fields; crop row; mounded soil forming a ridge in a field; grave mound
• 苤piěused in 苤蓝
• 茔yíng(literary) a grave

Sounds the same

Read jiān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 间between; among; within a definite time or space
• 兼double; twice; simultaneous
• 艰difficult; hard; hardship
• 肩shoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
• 煎to pan fry; to sauté
• 监to supervise; to inspect; jail
• 尖pointed; tapering; sharp; (of a sound) shrill; piercing…
• 奸wicked; crafty; traitor
• 渐to imbue
• 笺letter; note-paper
• 歼to annihilate; abbr. for 歼击机
• 浅sound of moving water