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硬

yìng

HSK 4 Character

What 硬 means

1. hard; stiff; solid
2. (fig.) strong; firm
3. resolutely; uncompromisingly
4. laboriously; with great difficulty
5. good (quality); able (person)
6. (of food) filling; substantial

Example sentences

• 硬着头皮。
  Yìngzhetóupí.
  Bite the bullet.
• 这个床垫很硬。
  Zhège chuángdiàn hěn yìng.
  This is a very hard mattress.
• 马麻，我硬了。
  Mummy, I've got an erection.
• 我们不够强硬。
  We weren't violent enough.
• 他吓得全身僵硬。
  Tā xià de quánshēn jiāngyìng.
  He was rigid with terror.
• 我硬着头皮去了。
  Wǒ yìngzhetóupí qù le.
  I mustered up my courage and went there.

Words starting with 硬

• 硬件yìng jiànhardware
• 硬币yìng bìcoin
• 硬盘yìng pánhard disk
• 硬是yìng shìjust; simply; stubbornly
• 硬着头皮yìng zhe tóu píto brace oneself to do sth; to put a bold face on it; to summon up courage
• 硬要yìng yàofirmly set on doing sth; to insist on doing; determined in one's course of action
• 硬生生yìng shēng shēngstiff; rigid; inflexible
• 硬朗yìng lǎngrobust; healthy
• 硬性yìng xìngrigid; inflexible; hard (drug)
• 硬座yìng zuòhard seat (on trains or boats)
• 硬撑yìng chēngto make oneself do sth in spite of adversity, pain etc
• 硬度yìng dùhardness
• 硬卧yìng wòhard sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a harder bunk)
• 硬化yìng huàto harden; (medicine) sclerosis; (fig.) to become inflexible in one's opinions; to ossify
• 硬拉yìng lādeadlift
• 硬邦邦yìng bāng bāngvery hard
• 硬汉yìng hànman of steel; unyielding, tough guy
• 硬木yìng mùhardwood
• 硬挺yìng tǐngto endure with all one's will; to hold out; rigid
• 硬气yìng qìfirm; unyielding; strong-willed
• 硬来yìng láito use force
• 硬伤yìng shānginjury; trauma; (fig.) glaring error
• 硬刚yìng gāng(slang) to confront sb boldly and resolutely
• 硬实yìng shísturdy; robust

Words containing 硬

• 僵硬jiāng yìngstiff; rigid
• 坚硬jiān yìnghard; solid
• 强硬qiáng yìngtough; unyielding; hard-line
• 生硬shēng yìngrigid; stiff; lacking naturalness or smoothness; awkward; forced
• 过硬guò yìngto have perfect mastery of sth; to be up to the mark
• 死记硬背sǐ jì yìng bèito learn by rote; to mechanically memorize
• 嘴硬zuǐ yìngreluctant to admit a mistake
• 软硬兼施ruǎn yìng jiān shīuse both carrot and stick; use gentle methods and force; an iron hand in a velvet glove
• 软硬件ruǎn yìng jiànsoftware and hardware
• 动脉硬化dòng mài yìng huàhardening of the arteries; arteriosclerosis
• 肝硬化gān yìng huàcirrhosis
• 冰硬bīng yìngfrozen solid
• 心硬xīn yìnghard-hearted; unfeeling; callous
• 服硬fú yìngto yield to force
• 死硬sǐ yìngstiff; rigid; obstinate
• 变硬biàn yìngto stiffen
• 邦硬bāng yìngvery hard or stiff
• 来硬的lái yìng deto get tough; to use force
• 强硬派qiáng yìng pàihardline faction; hawks
• 投硬币tóu yìng bìcoin-operated; to insert a coin
• 固态硬盘gù tài yìng pán(computing) solid-state drive (SSD)
• 强硬态度qiáng yìng tài dùunyielding attitude
• 强硬立场qiáng yìng lì chǎngtough position
• 移动硬盘yí dòng yìng pánportable hard drive; external hard drive

Characters that look like 硬

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

• 硕shuò(bound form) large; big; (bound form) master's degree (abbr. for 硕士
• 睹dǔto observe; to see
• 碌lùused in 劳碌; used in 庸碌; used in 骨碌
• 睫jiéeyelashes
• 梗gěngbranch; stem; stalk
• 琰yǎngem; glitter of gems

Sounds the same

Read yìng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 映(bound form) to become visible (esp. on a surface or in perception)
• 应to answer; to respond; to comply with
• 媵maid escorting bride to new home; concubine
• 賏pearls or shells strung together