qiáng

strong, powerful, energetic

DEFINITIONS

強 qiáng
  • surname Qiang
  • strong
  • powerful
  • better
  • slightly more than
  • vigorous
  • violent
  • best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2]
  • variant of 強|强[qiang2]
強 qiǎng
  • to force
  • to compel
  • to strive
  • to make an effort
  • variant of 強|强[qiang3]
強 jiàng
  • stubborn
  • unyielding
  • variant of 強|强[jiang4]

WORDS

弱 qiáng ruò strong or weak; intensity; amount of force or pressure
徵 qiǎng zhēng to press into service; to impress; to commandeer
心劑 qiáng xīn jì cardiac stimulant
心針 qiáng xīn zhēn heart-strengthening shot; fig. a shot in the arm
忍 qiáng rěn to resist (with great difficulty)
忍悲痛 qiáng rěn bēi tòng to try hard to suppress one's grief (idiom)
悍 qiáng hàn valiant
打 qiáng dǎ promotion (for a product); advertisement
扭的瓜不甜 qiǎng niǔ de guā bù tián lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom); fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
拉 qiǎng lā to drag (sb) along (to a place); to yank
攻 qiáng gōng dominant; controlling; strong; opposite: weak, yielding 弱受; to take by storm (military)
敵 qiáng dí powerful enemy
暴 qiáng bào violent; to rape
有力 qiáng yǒu lì strong; forceful
梁 qiáng liáng ruffian; bully
橫 qiáng hèng surly and unreasoning; bullying; tyrannical
檔 qiáng dàng prime time
權 qiáng quán power; might
求 qiǎng qiú to insist on; to demand; to impose
流 qiáng liú high current (e.g. electric)
烈 qiáng liè intense; (violently) strong
烈反對 qiáng liè fǎn duì to oppose strongly; violently opposed to
生 qiáng shēng Johnson (surname); Johnson & Johnson (company)
生公司 qiáng shēng gōng sī Johnson & Johnson
盛 qiáng shèng rich and powerful