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yìng

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yìng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yìng | ying4
English translation
hard
stiff
strong
firm
resolutely
doggedly
good (quality)
able (person)
firm, hard, strong; obstinate

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About yìng

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

yìng

Contains the radical

Shí

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Learning hint

stone

Etymology of yìng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

石更

Semantic compound

Shí

Phonetic compound

gēng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Shí represents the meaning and gēng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using yìng

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抓住 zhuā zhù le de 错误 cuòwù jiù yìng shuì dǒng .

He seized on my mistake and said I didn't understand.

丢失 diū shī 数据 shùjù de 内存 nèi cún 硬盘 yìng pán de 成本 chéngběn guì le 很多,可靠 kěkào de 宽带 kuān dài 网络 Wǎngluò 更加 gèng jiā 昂贵 ángguì .

Nonvolatile solid - state memory is a lot more expensive than disk drives are.

有些 yǒu xiē 硬币 yìng bì shì yòng yín zuò de .

Some coins are made of silver.

yāo yìng chán zhāo 喜欢 xǐhuan de rén .

Don't impose yourself on people who don't like you.

核桃壳 hěn yìng , Néng lòng .

The nut shell is very strong, I can't crack it.

Words with yìng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
yìng hard yìng
硬盘 yìng pán hard disk硬盤
硬币 yìng bì coin硬幣
硬件 yìngjiàn hardware硬件 yìngjiàn
强硬 qiáng yìng tough強硬
僵硬 jiāngyìng stiff僵硬 jiāngyìng
硬化 yìng huà to harden硬化 yìng huà
坚硬 jiānyìng hard堅硬
硬汉 yìng hàn man of steel硬漢
硬是 yìng shì just硬是 yìng shì
过硬 guò yìng to be up to the mark過硬
肝硬化 gān yìng huà cirrhosis肝硬化 gān yìng huà
硬度 yìng dù hardness硬度 yìng dù
硬朗 yìng lǎng robust硬朗 yìng lǎng
生硬 shēng yìng stiff生硬 shēng yìng
硬着头皮 yìng zhe tóu pí to brace oneself to do sth硬著頭皮
硬要 yìng yào to insist on doing硬要 yìng yào
硬性 yìng xìng rigid硬性 yìng xìng
硬生生 yìng shēng shēng stiff硬生生 yìng shēng shēng
动脉硬化 dòng mài yìng huà arteriosclerosis動脈硬化
粥样硬化 zhōu yàng yìng huà atherosclerosis粥樣硬化
嘴硬 zuǐ yìng reluctant to admit a mistake嘴硬 zuǐ yìng
硬撑 yìng chēng to make oneself do sth in spite of adversity, pain etc硬撐
硬座 yìng zuò hard seat (on trains or boats)硬座 yìng zuò
硬碰硬 yìng pèng yìng painstaking硬碰硬 yìng pèng yìng

yìng Decomposition & Compounds

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yìng Decomposition

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