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顽固

wán gù

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 頑固

顽固 (wán gù) means "stubborn; obstinate". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 顽固 means

1. stubborn; obstinate

The characters in 顽固

• 顽wánmischievous; obstinate; to play
• 固gùhard; strong; solid

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.
• 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 containing 顽固

• 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

Where 顽固 is taught

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

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