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顽

wán

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What 顽 means

1. mischievous
2. obstinate
3. to play
4. stupid
5. stubborn
6. naughty

Example sentences

• 他年纪越大变得越顽固。
  Tā niánjì yuè dàbiàn de yuè wángù.
  He became more obstinate as he grew older.
• 顽皮的小男孩爱他的爸爸。
  Wánpí de xiǎo nánhái ài tā de bàba.
  The mischievous son loved his dad.
• 尽管受到暴君的迫害，英雄还顽强地斗争。
  Jǐnguǎn shòudào bàojūn de pòhài, yīngxióng hái wánqiáng de dòuzhēng.
  In spite of the tyrant’s persecution, the hero valiantly carried on the struggle.
• 烤箱内如有液体洒出，应立即清理，以免留下顽固污渍。
  Clean up spills inside the oven as soon as they happen to avoid stubborn stains.

Words starting with 顽

• 顽强wán qiángtenacious; hard to defeat
• 顽固wán gùstubborn; obstinate
• 顽皮wán pínaughty
• 顽童wán tóngurchin
• 顽疾wán jístubborn illness; chronic disease; (fig.) deep-seated problem; systemic issue
• 顽劣wán lièstubborn and obstreperous; naughty and mischievous
• 顽民wán mínunruly people; rebellious subjects; disloyal citizens
• 顽匪wán fěigangster; bandit
• 顽钝wán dùnblunt (instrument); stupid; thick-headed
• 顽梗wán gěngobstinate; stubborn; pig-headed
• 顽症wán zhèngsee 顽疾

Words containing 顽

• 凶顽xiōng wánfierce and uncontrollable
• 愚顽yú wánignorant and stubborn
• 死顽固sǐ wán gùvery stubborn; very stubborn person; die-hard
• 老顽固lǎo wán gù(derog.) old-fashioned and stubborn person; stick in the mud
• 冥顽míng wánstupidly obstinate
• 冥顽不灵míng wán bù líng(idiom) pigheaded
• 思想顽钝sī xiǎng wán dùnblunt thinking; apathy
• 负隅顽抗fù yú wán kàng(idiom) to put up fierce resistance despite being surrounded…

Characters built on 元

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

• 完wánto finish; to be over; whole
• 玩wánto play; to have fun; to trifle with
• 芫yánused in 芫荽

Characters that look like 顽

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

• 续xùto continue; to replenish
• 领lǐngneck; collar; to lead
• 候hòuto wait; to inquire after; to watch
• 顺shùnto obey; to follow; to arrange
• 硕shuò(bound form) large; big; (bound form) master's degree (abbr. for 硕士
• 殒yǔn(literary) to perish; to die

Sounds the same

Read wán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 玩to play; to have fun; to trifle with
• 完to finish; to be over; whole
• 丸ball; pellet; pill
• 纨(literary) fine white silk; delicate silk fabric
• 烷alkane
• 刓to trim
• 芄Metaplexis stauntoni
• 汍shed tears
• 抏to consume; to exhaust; to play