坚强

Character by character

• 坚jiān7 strokesHSK 3 traditional 堅hard, strong, firm; resolute
• 强qiáng12 strokesHSK 3 traditional 強strong, powerful, energetic

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Example sentences

• 我不够坚强。

  Wǒ bù gòu jiān qiáng

  I wasn't strong enough.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 坚强. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 强qiángHSK 3

  strong; powerful; better; slightly more than; vigorous; violent; best in their category, e.g. see 百强

• 坚持jiān chíHSK 3

  to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on

• 强大qiáng dàHSK 3

  large; formidable; powerful; strong

• 强烈qiáng lièHSK 3

  strong; intense

• 加强jiā qiángHSK 3

  to reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance

• 强调qiáng diàoHSK 3

  to emphasize (a statement); to stress

• 增强zēng qiángHSK 5

  to increase; to strengthen

• 强迫qiǎng pòHSK 5

  to compel; to force

• 坚定jiān dìngHSK 5

  firm; steady; staunch; resolute

• 坚决jiān juéHSK 3

  firm; resolute; determined

• 强制qiáng zhìHSK 7

  to force; to compel; to coerce; forced; compulsory; Taiwan pr. [qiǎng zhì]

• 勉强miǎn qiǎngHSK 7

  to do with difficulty; to force sb to do sth; reluctant; barely enough

• 坚信jiān xìnHSK 7

  to believe firmly; without any doubt

• 强行qiáng xíngHSK 7

  to do sth by force; Taiwan pr. [qiǎng xíng]

• 强度qiáng dùHSK 5

  strength; intensity

• 强势qiáng shìHSK 6

  strong; powerful; (linguistics) emphatic; intensive

• 强劲qiáng jìngHSK 7

  strong; powerful; robust

• 强硬qiáng yìngHSK 7

  tough; unyielding; hard-line

• 强化qiáng huàHSK 6

  to strengthen; to intensify

• 强壮qiáng zhuàngHSK 6

  strong; sturdy; robust

• 坚守jiān shǒuHSK 7

  to hold fast to; to stick to

• 强盗qiáng dàoHSK 6

  to rob (with force); bandit; robber

• 顽强wán qiángHSK 6

  tenacious; hard to defeat

• 坚固jiān gùHSK 4

  firm; firmly; hard; stable