gāng

hard, tough, rigid, strong

HSK 3 #621

DEFINITIONS

刚 gāng
  • hard
  • firm
  • strong
  • just
  • barely
  • exactly

STROKES

WORDS

才 gāng cái just now; a moment ago; (just) a moment ago
gāng gang just recently; just a moment ago
好 gāng hǎo just; exactly; to happen to be
jīn gāng King Kong; diamond; (used to translate Sanskrit "vajra", a thunderbolt or mythical weapon); guardian deity (in Buddhist iconography)
果 gāng guǒ Congo
巧 gāng qiǎo by chance; by coincidence; by good luck
yáng gāng manly; masculine
血气方 xuè qì fāng gāng full of sap (idiom); young and vigorous
毅 gāng yì resolute; steadfast; stalwart
石 jīn gāng shí diamond; also called 鑽石|钻石[zuan4 shi2]
强 gāng qiáng firm; unyielding
正不阿 gāng zhèng bù ē upright and plainspoken
以柔克 yǐ róu kè gāng to use softness to conquer strength (idiom)
愎自用 gāng bì zì yòng obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom)
性 gāng xìng rigidity
正 gāng zhèng honest; upright
亮 tiān gāng liàng daybreak
度 gāng dù stiffness
愎 gāng bì headstrong; perverse
果民主共和国 gāng guǒ mín zhǔ gòng hé guó Democratic Republic of Congo
果河 gāng guǒ hé Congo River
烈 gāng liè resolute and upright in character; unyielding; staunch
丈二金摸不着头脑 zhàng èr jīn gāng mō bu zháo tóu nǎo see 丈二和尚,摸不著頭腦|丈二和尚,摸不着头脑[zhang4 er4 he2 shang5 , mo1 bu5 zhao2 tou2 nao3]
一 gāng yī to be just about to; to have just started to
健 gāng jiàn energetic; robust
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