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Stubborn in Chinese: 顽固 (wán gù)

wán gù

stubborn

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 頑固1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1stubborn; obstinate

Stroke order

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固

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ㄨㄢˊ

wán

ㄨ/ uㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄍㄨˋ

gù

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

顽固

Simplified

頑固

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我爷爷的脾气特别顽固。

    wǒ yé ye de pí qì tè bié wán gù。

    My grandfather is especially stubborn.

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Related words

固定

gù dìng

to fix

固体

gù tǐ

solid

坚固

jiān gù

firm

巩固

gǒng gù

to consolidate

顽皮

wán pí

naughty

顽强

wán qiáng

tenacious

固然

gù rán

admittedly (it's true that...)

固执

gù zhí

obstinate

牢固

láo gù

firm

凝固

níng gù

to freeze

稳固

wěn gù

stable

根深蒂固

gēn shēn dì gù

deep-rooted (problem etc)

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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