硬 (yìng) means Hard (firm - strong - stiff - hard). Below are 12 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
这块石头非常坚 硬 。
Zhè kuài shítou fēicháng jiānyìng.
This stone is extremely hard.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 坚硬
这台电脑的 硬 件很好。
Zhè tái diànnǎo de yìngjiàn hěn hǎo.
The hardware in this computer is good.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 硬件
学校的 硬 件条件不错。
Xuéxiào de yìngjiàn tiáojiàn búcuò.
The school's facilities are quite good.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 硬件
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
桌上放着几枚旧 硬 币。
Zhuō shang fàngzhe jǐ méi jiù yìngbì.
Several old coins lie on the table.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 枚
好产品不需要 硬 推销。
Hǎo chǎnpǐn bù xūyào yìng tuīxiāo.
A good product does not need hard selling.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 推销
这块饼干太 硬 ，我掰不开。
Zhè kuài bǐnggān tài yìng, wǒ bāi bu kāi.
This biscuit is too hard for me to break apart.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 掰
他们的关系一度非常僵 硬 。
Tāmen de guānxì yídù fēicháng jiāngyìng.
Their relationship was extremely stiff for a while.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 僵硬
钻石是自然界最 硬 的物质之一。
Zuànshí shì zìránjiè zuì yìng de wùzhì zhī yī.
Diamond is one of the hardest substances in nature.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 钻石
在外面冻了一晚，他的手指都僵 硬 了。
Zài wàimiàn dòng le yì wǎn, tā de shǒuzhǐ dōu jiāngyìng le.
After a night out in the cold his fingers had gone stiff.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 僵硬
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Words that contain 硬
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Questions about 硬
How is 硬 used in a sentence?
This page shows 12 sentences using 硬 (yìng, "Hard (firm - strong - stiff - hard)"), 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 硬 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 硬 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 硬 an HSK word?
Yes — 硬 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 硬?
The dictionary page for 硬 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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