gāng

hard, tough, rigid, strong

DEFINITIONS

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

WORDS

毅木訥 gāng yì mù nè resolute and taciturn (idiom)
毛 gāng máo bristle
烈 gāng liè resolute and upright in character; unyielding; staunch
玉 gāng yù corundum (mineral)
直 gāng zhí upright and outspoken
纔 gāng cái just now; a moment ago; (just) a moment ago
體 gāng tǐ rigid body
體轉動 gāng tǐ zhuǎn dòng rigid rotation
吳永 wú yǒng gāng Wu Yonggang (1907-1982), Chinese film director
內柔 wài gāng nèi róu soft on the inside despite one's hard shell; appearing tough on the outside as to mask one's inner vulnerability; also written 內柔外剛|内柔外刚[nei4 rou2 wai4 gang1]
亮 tiān gāng liàng daybreak
川 cáo gāng chuān Cao Gangchuan (1935-), former artillery officer, senior PRC politician and army leader
柔能克 róu néng kè gāng lit. the soft can subdue the hard
翟志 zhái zhì gāng Zhai Zhigang (1966-), Chinese astronaut
血氣方 xuè qì fāng gāng full of sap (idiom); young and vigorous
變形金 biàn xíng jīn gāng Transformers (franchise)
jīn gāng King Kong; diamond; (used to translate Sanskrit "vajra", a thunderbolt or mythical weapon); guardian deity (in Buddhist iconography)
山 jīn gāng shān Kumgangsan Tourist Region in east North Korea
座 jīn gāng zuò Bodhimanda (place of enlightenment associated with a Bodhisattva)
怒目 jīn gāng nù mù to have a face as terrifying as a temple's guardian deity (idiom)
手菩薩 jīn gāng shǒu pú sà Vajrapani Bodhisattva
杵 jīn gāng chǔ vajra scepter (ritual object of Buddhism)
狼 jīn gāng láng Wolverine, comic book superhero
石 jīn gāng shí diamond; also called 鑽石|钻石[zuan4 shi2]
砂 jīn gāng shā carborundum; emery