硬
yìng HSK5

hard

硬 yìng
hard adjective
physically hard, stiff, or solid

这种木头太硬，很难锯开。

zhè zhǒng mù​tou tài yìng, hěn nán jù​kāi.

This wood is too hard to saw through.

firm adjective
strong, firm, or uncompromising in character or attitude

他在原则问题上表现得很硬。

tā zài yuán​zé wèn​tí shàng biǎo​xiàn de hěn yìng.

He is very firm when it comes to matters of principle.

resolutely adverb
acting with great effort, determination, or by force despite difficulty

他硬要一个人去，谁也拦不住。

tā yìng yào yī gè rén qù, shéi yě lán bù zhù.

He insisted on going alone, and no one could talk him out of it.

high-quality adjective
having excellent quality or strong professional capabilities

他在工程界是出了名的技术硬。

tā zài gōng​chéng​jiè shì chū le míng de jì​shù yìng.

He is known in the engineering community for his solid technical skills.

substantial adjective
(of food) filling, solid, or consisting of substantial ingredients like meat

今天过节，桌上的菜都很硬。

jīn​tiān guò​jié, zhuō shàng de cài dōu hěn yìng.

Since it's a holiday today, the dishes on the table are quite substantial.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,170th most common 120.7 per million
Movie subtitles
1,217th most common 69.3 per million appears in 30% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
32.8 per million appears in 13% of films
Written text
46.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+786C

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)