硬 (ngaang6 | ying4) : hard; stiff; strong; forcibly

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硬

ngaang6

ying4

[1] hard; stiff; tough; solid | [antonym] 軟
[2] (of attitude, willpower, etc) strong; firm; inflexible; obstinate
[3] [adv] forcibly; with effort; stubbornly
[4] [粵] [adv] certainly; definitely; unavoidably
[5] [adj] capable; of good quality

For the Cantonese meaning of "certainly", 硬 is placed after a verb and is interchangeable with 梗.

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 石 (#112)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

硬

This word has been viewed 13261 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 9th Sep 2010 01:55

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命硬 mng6 ngaang6 ming4ying4 = strong will to live; someone hard to kill; able to survive through hardship

硬頸 ngaang6 geng2 = stiff-necked 粵

硬淨 ngaang6 zeng6 = hale and hearty; firm 粵

贏硬 jeng4 ngaang6 ying2 ying4 = sure win; certain victory 粵

監硬 gaam3 ngaang6*2 = to act recklessly 粵

硬碟 ngaang6 dip6*2 = hard drive; hard disk

硬件 ngaang6 gin6/6*2 ying4 jian4 = hardware

堅硬 gin1 ngaang6 jian1 ying4 = hard; solid

強硬 koeng4 ngaang6 = tough, toughness

僵硬 goeng1 ngaang6 jiang1 ying4 = stark, stiff, rigid, inflexible
See all 60 compounds (CantoDict reports 62 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 2 examples containing 硬

你硬係食到過籠！粵
You always eat too much food!

教仔女要慢慢講道理，開硬弓唔得㗎。粵
To teach children, one must explain the rationale; going by force won't work.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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