坚
强

Staunch in Chinese: 坚强 (jiān qiáng)

jiān qiáng

staunch

HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 堅強2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1staunch
  2. 2strong

Stroke order

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坚
强

Zhuyin

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ㄐㄧㄢ

jiān

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄢ/ an—/ first tone

ㄑㄧㄤˊ

qiáng

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄤ/ angˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

坚强

Simplified

堅強

Traditional

Example sentences

See 坚强 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我不够坚强。

    wǒ bú gòu jiān qiáng。

    I wasn't strong enough.

  • 生活很困难，但我更坚强。

    shēng huó hěn kùn nán， dàn wǒ gèng jiān qiáng。

    Life is hard, but I am harder.

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Related words

强

qiáng

strong

坚持

jiān chí

to persevere with

坚决

jiān jué

firm

强调

qiáng diào

to emphasize (a statement)

强烈

qiáng liè

strong

加强

jiā qiáng

to reinforce

强大

qiáng dà

large

坚固

jiān gù

firm

坚定

jiān dìng

firm

强度

qiáng dù

strength

强迫

qiǎng pò

to compel

增强

zēng qiáng

to increase

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