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jiāng

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jiāng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiāng | jiang1
English translation
rigid
deadlock
stiff (corpse)
variant of jiāng [jiāng]
still, stiff, motionless

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About jiāng

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

jiāng

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

person

Etymology of jiāng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

亻畺

Semantic compound

rén

Phonetic compound

jiāng

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Example sentences using jiāng

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方向盘 fāng xiàng pán Cóng 冻僵 dòng jiāng de 手里 shǒu lǐ 滑脱, 汽车 qì chē 便 biàn héng zhāo 穿 chuān Guò le 马路 mǎ lù .

The wheel slipped from my frozen hand, and the car went right across the road.

转身 zhuǎn shēn Xiàng 车子 chē zi zǒu shí , xiǎng duī 上去 shàng qù , dàn 觉得 juéde 自己 zìjǐ de 身体 shēntǐ 好像 hǎoxiàng jiāng le , 挪不 dòng .

As he walked away towards his car she wanted to run after him, but she felt frozen, riveted to the spot.

外面 wài miàn hěn Lěng , de 手指 shǒuzhǐ dōu 冻僵 dòng jiāng le .

It's so cold outside that my fingers feel dead.

Jiā 费劲 fèi jìn de zhàng zhāo jiāng téng de 脖子 bózi 把头 bǎ tóu tái lái .

Scarlett with an effort lifted her head on her aching neck.

我快冻僵 dòng jiāng le

I was freezing cold.

Words with jiāng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
僵尸 jiāng shī gyonshi殭屍
僵硬 jiāngyìng stiff僵硬 jiāngyìng
jiāng rigid jiāng
僵局 jiāng jú impasse僵局 jiāng jú
僵持 jiāng chí to be deadlocked僵持 jiāng chí
僵化 jiāng huà to become rigid僵化 jiāng huà
僵直 jiāng zhí stiff僵直 jiāng zhí
弄僵 nòng jiāng to bring to deadlock弄僵 nòng jiāng
李代桃僵 lǐ dài táo jiāng to carry the can for sb李代桃僵 lǐ dài táo jiāng
僵卧 jiāng wò to lie rigid and motionless僵臥
死而不僵 sǐ ér bù jiāng to die hard (idiom)死而不僵 sǐ ér bù jiāng
白僵蚕 bái jiāng cán the larva of silkworm with batrytis白殭蠶
尸僵 shī jiāng rigor mortis屍僵

jiāng Decomposition & Compounds

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jiāng Decomposition

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