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坚硬

jiān yìng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 堅硬

坚硬 (jiān yìng) means "hard". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 坚硬 means

1. hard
2. solid

The characters in 坚硬

• 坚jiānstrong; solid; firm
• 硬yìnghard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly

Example sentences

• 那如石头一般坚硬。
  It was hard as rock.
• 昆虫有一层坚硬的表皮。
  Kūnchóng yǒu yīcéng jiānyìng de biǎopí.
  Insects have a hard skin.
• 奶酪是由母牛、山羊、绵羊或其它哺乳动物的奶被加工制造的坚硬的食物。
  Nǎilào shì yóu mǔ niú, shānyáng, miányáng huò qítā bǔrǔdòngwù de nǎi bèi jiāgōng zhìzào de jiānyìng de shíwù.
  Cheese is a solid food made from the milk of cows, goats, sheep, and other mammals.

Where 坚硬 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jiān (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiān yìng correctly.
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