顽
强

Tenacious in Chinese: 顽强 (wán qiáng)

wán qiáng

tenacious

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 頑強1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1tenacious
  2. 2hard to defeat

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顽
强

Zhuyin

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ㄨㄢˊ

wán

ㄨ/ uㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄑㄧㄤˊ

qiáng

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄤ/ angˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

顽强

Simplified

頑強

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他顽强地坚持到了最后。

    tā wán qiáng dì jiān chí dào le zuì hòu。

    He tenaciously held on until the very end.

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Related words

强

qiáng

strong

坚强

jiān qiáng

staunch

强调

qiáng diào

to emphasize (a statement)

强烈

qiáng liè

strong

加强

jiā qiáng

to reinforce

强大

qiáng dà

large

强度

qiáng dù

strength

强迫

qiǎng pò

to compel

增强

zēng qiáng

to increase

强盗

qiáng dào

to rob (with force)

强化

qiáng huà

to strengthen

强势

qiáng shì

strong

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