坚 (jiān) means Solid (firm). Below are 24 of the 39 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他 坚 持每天跑步。
Tā jiānchí měi tiān pǎo bù.
He keeps up his daily running.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 坚持
这座桥非常 坚 固。
Zhè zuò qiáo fēicháng jiāngù.
This bridge is extremely solid.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 坚固
关键是要 坚 持下去。
Guānjiàn shì yào jiānchí xiàqù.
The key is to keep at it.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 关键
他的态度非常 坚 定。
Tā de tàidù fēicháng jiāndìng.
His attitude is perfectly firm.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 坚定
他有着 坚 韧的性格。
Tā yǒuzhe jiānrèn de xìnggé.
He has a tenacious character.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 坚韧
脚下的土地很 坚 实。
Jiǎo xià de tǔdì hěn jiānshí.
The ground underfoot is firm.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 坚实
这块石头非常 坚 硬。
Zhè kuài shítou fēicháng jiānyìng.
This stone is extremely hard.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 坚硬
他的 坚 持让人钦佩。
Tā de jiānchí ràng rén qīnpèi.
His persistence commands admiration.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 钦佩
他的意志非常 坚 强。
Tā de yìzhì fēicháng jiānqiáng.
His will is extremely strong.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 意志
战士们 坚 守着阵地。
Zhànshìmen jiānshǒuzhe zhèndì.
The soldiers held their position.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 阵地
学习汉语要 坚 持下去。
Xuéxí Hànyǔ yào jiānchí xiàqù.
Studying Chinese means sticking with it.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 坚持
困难让他变得更 坚 强。
Kùnnan ràng tā biàn de gèng jiānqiáng.
Hardship made him stronger.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 坚强
只要 坚 持就会有进步。
Zhǐyào jiānchí jiù huì yǒu jìnbù.
As long as you keep at it there will be progress.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 进步
冬天的土地冻得 坚 硬。
Dōngtiān de tǔdì dòng de jiānyìng.
In winter the ground freezes hard.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 坚硬
他靠毅力 坚 持了下来。
Tā kào yìlì jiānchí le xiàlái.
He held on through sheer willpower.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 毅力
医生建议母亲 坚 持哺乳。
Yīshēng jiànyì mǔqīn jiānchí bǔrǔ.
The doctor advised the mother to keep breastfeeding.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 哺乳
房子的地基打得很 坚 固。
Fángzi de dìjī dǎ de hěn jiāngù.
The foundations of the house were laid very solidly.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 坚固
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From the graded readers
我以为自己可以 坚 持下去。
wǒ yǐwéi zìjǐ kěyǐ jiānchí xiàqu.
I thought I could keep it up.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
朋友说我 坚 持不了一个星期。
péngyou shuō wǒ jiānchí bùliǎo yīgè xīngqī.
A friend said I wouldn't keep it up for a week.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running
坚 appears in 39 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 坚
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 坚
How is 坚 used in a sentence?
This page shows 39 sentences using 坚 (jiān, "Solid (firm)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 坚 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 坚 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 坚?
The dictionary page for 坚 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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