qiáng

strong, powerful, energetic

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DEFINITIONS

强 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]
强 qiǎng
  • to force
  • to compel
  • to strive
  • to make an effort
  • variant of 強|强[qiang3]
强 jiàng
  • stubborn
  • unyielding
  • variant of 強|强[jiang4]

STROKES

WORDS

kāng qiáng strong and healthy; fit
中更有中手 qiáng zhōng gèng yǒu qiáng zhōng shǒu see 強中自有強中手|强中自有强中手[qiang2 zhong1 zi4 you3 qiang2 zhong1 shou3]
中自有中手 qiáng zhōng zì yǒu qiáng zhōng shǒu however strong you are, there is always someone stronger (idiom); there is always sth more to learn; never be satisfied to rest on your laurels; there is no room for complacency
似 qiáng sì to be better than
作用 qiáng zuò yòng strong interaction (governing hadrons in nuclear physics)
作用力 qiáng zuò yòng lì the strong force (in nuclear physics)
使 qiáng shǐ to force; to oblige
兵 qiáng bīng strong soldiers; make the military powerful (political slogan)
力胶 qiáng lì jiāo superglue
如 qiáng rú to be better than
子 qiáng zǐ hadron (particle physics)
将手下无弱兵 qiáng jiàng shǒu xià wú ruò bīng there are no poor soldiers under a good general (idiom)
干 qiáng gàn competent; capable
征 qiǎng zhēng to press into service; to impress; to commandeer
忍 qiáng rěn to resist (with great difficulty)
忍悲痛 qiáng rěn bēi tòng to try hard to suppress one's grief (idiom)
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
梁 qiáng liáng ruffian; bully
横 qiáng hèng surly and unreasoning; bullying; tyrannical
档 qiáng dàng prime time
流 qiáng liú high current (e.g. electric)
烈反对 qiáng liè fǎn duì to oppose strongly; violently opposed to
生公司 qiáng shēng gōng sī Johnson & Johnson