堅毅

Chinese

		strong; solid; firm strong; solid; firm; unyielding; resolute	perseverance
trad. (堅毅)		堅	毅
simp. (坚毅)		坚	毅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiānyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gin¹ ngai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kian-gē

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiānyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jianyì
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹-i⁴
    • Yale: jyān-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianyih
    • Palladius: цзяньи (czjanʹi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gin¹ ngai⁶
    • Yale: gīn ngaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gin¹ ngai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gin¹ ngei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn⁵⁵ ŋɐi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kian-gē
    • Tâi-lô: kian-gē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kien'ge
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛn³³ ɡe⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ɡe²²/

Adjective

堅毅

1. (of character) firm and persistent; strong

Synonyms

• 倔強／倔强
• 儼硬／俨硬 (Hokkien)
• 剛強／刚强 (gāngqiáng)
• 剛愎／刚愎 (gāngbì) (literary)
• 剛毅／刚毅 (gāngyì)
• 剛烈／刚烈 (gāngliè)
• 堅強／坚强 (jiānqiáng)
• 婞直 (xìngzhí)
• 悻直 (xìngzhí) (literary)
• 擰／拧 (nìng)
• 頑強／顽强 (wánqiáng)

 

Antonyms

• 薄弱 (bóruò)
• 脆弱 (cuìruò)
• 虧弱／亏弱 (kuīruò)
• 軟弱／软弱 (ruǎnruò)
• 衰弱 (shuāiruò)
• 虛虧／虚亏 (xūkuī)
• 虛弱／虚弱 (xūruò)
• (Hokkien) 灠弱／𰜐弱