Chinese symbol for “tough”
强硬
qiáng yìng
Traditional: 強硬
tough; unyielding; hard-line
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tough is 强硬 (qiáng yìng), defined as: tough; unyielding; hard-line.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “tough”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 强悍 (強悍) | qiáng hàn | tough; strong |
| 老 | lǎo | prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people) |
| 辛苦 | xīn kǔ | exhausting; hard |
| 厉害 (厲害) | lì hai | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a pers |
| 憨 | hān | silly; simple-minded |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 强硬.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 加强 (加強) | jiā qiáng | to reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance |
| 强调 (強調) | qiáng diào | to emphasize (a statement); to stress |
| 强烈 (強烈) | qiáng liè | strong; intense |
| 强大 (強大) | qiáng dà | big and strong; formidable; powerful |
| 增强 (增強) | zēng qiáng | to increase; to strengthen |
| 强化 (強化) | qiáng huà | to strengthen; to intensify |
| 硬件 | yìng jiàn | hardware |
| 硬币 (硬幣) | yìng bì | coin; measure word: 枚 (méi) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tough”.
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.