硬

yìng

hard; stiff; solid

(fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial

stone (石) + sound (更) = hard and unyielding

石 anchors the meaning in the unyielding quality of rock. 更 is there for sound, giving roughly the yìng pronunciation.

石+更→硬
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石StoneSemantic

这块石头很硬,用手很难弄碎。

zhè kuài shí tou hěn yìng,yòng shǒu hěn nán nòng suì。

This rock is very hard; it is very difficult to break by hand.

他态度很硬,不管别人怎么说都不改变想法。

tā tài dù hěn yìng,bù guǎn bié rén zěn me shuō dōu bù gǎi biàn xiǎng fǎ。

His attitude is very firm; no matter what others say, he does not change his mind.

Words with 硬

硬派

yìng pài

hard-line

坚硬

jiān yìng

hard

僵硬

jiāng yìng

stiff; rigid

硬盘

yìng pán

hard disk

硬着头皮

yìng zhe tóu pí

to brace oneself to do sth

硬化

yìng huà

to harden

过硬

guò yìng

to have perfect mastery of sth

邦硬

bāng yìng

very hard or stiff

霸王硬上弓

bà wáng yìng shàng gōng

to force oneself upon sb (idiom)

来硬的

lái yìng de

to get tough

冰硬

bīng yìng

frozen solid

冻硬

dòng yìng

to freeze solid

More characters with 石

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