硬

Pinyin: yìng

hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly

🏮 Chinese HSK 5 adjectiveadverb

Example sentence

橡皮不硬:它在压力下会变形。

Xiàngpí bù yìng: tā zài yālì xià huì biànxíng.

Rubber is not hard: it gives way to pressure.

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What 硬 means

硬 (yìng) is a Chinese word meaning “hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly”. It appears in the HSK 5 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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