Chinese symbol for “stiff”
僵硬
jiāng yìng
stiff; rigid
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stiff is 僵硬 (jiāng yìng), defined as: stiff; rigid.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “stiff”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刻板 | kè bǎn | stiff; inflexible |
| 硬 | yìng | hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm |
| 呆板 | dāi bǎn | stiff; inflexible |
| 硬生生 | yìng shēng shēng | stiff; rigid |
| 僵直 | jiāng zhí | stiff; rigid |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 僵硬.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 僵尸 (殭屍) | jiāng shī | gyonshi; jiang shi |
| 僵局 | jiāng jú | impasse; deadlock |
| 僵化 | jiāng huà | to become rigid |
| 僵持 | jiāng chí | to be deadlocked |
| 冻僵 (凍僵) | dòng jiāng | frozen stiff; numb with cold |
| 硬件 | yìng jiàn | hardware |
| 硬币 (硬幣) | yìng bì | coin; measure word: 枚 (méi) |
| 强硬 (強硬) | qiáng yìng | tough; unyielding |
See also: Japanese symbol for “stiff”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.