| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 刚 | 剛 | gāng | - hard - firm - strong - just - barely - exactly |
| 固 | 固 | gù | - hard - strong - solid - sure - assuredly - undoubtedly - of course - indeed - admittedly |
| 板 | 板 | bǎn | - board - plank - plate - shutter - table tennis bat - clappers (music) - CL:塊|块[kuai4] - accented beat in Chinese music - hard - stiff - to stop smiling or look serious |
| 监 | 監 | jiān | - hard - strong - solid - firm - to supervise - to inspect - jail - prison |
| 硬 | 硬 | yìng | - hard - stiff - strong - firm - resolutely - doggedly - good (quality) - able (person) |
| 礐 | 礐 | què | - (arch.) large stone - boulder - hard |
| 艰 | 艱 | jiān | - difficult - hard - hardship |
| 辛 | 辛 | xīn | - (of taste) hot or pungent - hard - laborious - suffering - eighth in order - eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] - letter "H" or roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc - octa |
| 铁 | 鐵 | tiě | - iron (metal) - arms - weapons - hard - strong - violent - unshakeable - determined - close - tight (slang) |
| 凋敝 | 凋敝 | diāobì | - impoverished - destitute - hard - depressed (of business) - tattered - ragged |
| 坚固 | 堅固 | jiāngù | - firm - firmly - hard - stable |
| 坚硬 | 堅硬 | jiānyìng | - hard - solid |
| 沉重 | 沉重 | chénzhòng | - heavy - hard - serious - critical |
| 翘硬 | 翹硬 | qiàoyìng | - hard - erect - to be in erection |
| 艰苦 | 艱苦 | jiānkǔ | - difficult - hard - arduous |
| 艰难 | 艱難 | jiānnán | - difficult - hard - challenging |
| 苦苦 | 苦苦 | kǔkǔ | - strenuously - persistently - hard - painful |
| 辛苦 | 辛苦 | xīnkǔ | - hard - exhausting - with much toil - thanks for your trouble |
| 垍 | 垍 | jì | - hard earth |
| 拮 | 拮 | jié | - antagonistic - laboring hard - pressed |
| 拶 | 拶 | zǎn | - to press or squeeze hard |
| 涩 | 澀 | sè | - astringent - tart - acerbity - unsmooth - rough (surface) - hard to understand - obscure |
| 盘 | 盤 | pán | - plate - dish - tray - board - hard drive (computing) - to build - to coil - to check - to examine - to transfer (property) - to make over - classifier for food: dish, helping - to coil - classifier for coils of wire - classifier for games of chess |
| 累 | 累 | lèi | - tired - weary - to strain - to wear out - to work hard |
| 紧 | 緊 | jǐn | - tight - strict - close at hand - near - urgent - tense - hard up - short of money - to tighten |
| 背 | 背 | bèi | - the back of a body or object - to turn one's back - to hide something from - to learn by heart - to recite from memory - unlucky (slang) - hard of hearing |
| 钰 | 鈺 | yù | - treasure - hard metal |
| 钜 | 鉅 | jù | - hard iron - hook - variant of 巨[ju4] - variant of 詎|讵[ju4] |
| 镂 | 鏤 | lòu | - to engrave - to carve - hard steel |
| 介壳 | 介殼 | jièqiào | - carapace - hard outer shell |
| 力学 | 力學 | lìxué | - mechanics - to study hard |
| 努力 | 努力 | nǔlì | - great effort - to strive - to try hard |
| 奋战 | 奮戰 | fènzhàn | - to fight bravely - (fig.) to struggle - to work hard |
| 少见 | 少見 | shǎojiàn | - rare - not familiar (to the speaker) - sth rarely experience - hard to see |
| 恶仗 | 惡仗 | èzhàng | - hard fighting - fierce battle |
| 恶战 | 惡戰 | èzhàn | - hard fighting - fierce battle |
| 恶补 | 惡補 | èbǔ | - to overdose on supplementary medicine - to cram too hard |
| 恶斗 | 惡鬥 | èdòu | - hard fighting - fierce battle |
| 手紧 | 手緊 | shǒujǐn | - tightfisted - stingy - short of money - hard up |
| 打拼 | 打拼 | dǎpīn | - to work hard - to try to make a living |
| 拗口 | 拗口 | àokǒu | - hard to pronounce - awkward-sounding |
| 拮据 | 拮据 | jiéjū | - hard pressed for money - in financial straits |
| 操劳 | 操勞 | cāoláo | - to work hard - to look after |
| 死仗 | 死仗 | sǐzhàng | - to fight bitterly - hard struggle |
| 无间 | 無間 | wújiàn | - very close - no gap between them - continuously - unbroken - hard to separate - indistinguishable |
| 狂饮 | 狂飲 | kuángyǐn | - to drink hard |
| 用功 | 用功 | yònggōng | - diligent - industrious (in one's studies) - to study hard - to make great effort |
| 疑难 | 疑難 | yínán | - hard to understand - difficult to deal with - knotty - complicated |
| 症结 | 癥結 | zhēngjié | - hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine) - crux of an issue - main point in an argument - sticking point - deadlock in negotiations |
| 发奋 | 發奮 | fāfèn | - to make an effort - to push for sth - to work hard |
| 白煤 | 白煤 | báiméi | - anthracite - hard coal - white coal - waterpower |
| 皮壳 | 皮殼 | píqiào | - carapace - hard outer shell - also pr. [pi2 ke2] |
| 硬席 | 硬席 | yìngxí | - hard seat (on trains) |
| 硬座 | 硬座 | yìngzuò | - hard seat (on trains or boats) |
| 硬性 | 硬性 | yìngxìng | - rigid - inflexible - hard (drug) |
| 硬核 | 硬核 | yìnghé | - hardcore - hard core |
| 硬壳 | 硬殼 | yìngké | - crust - hard shell |
| 硬水 | 硬水 | yìngshuǐ | - hard water |
| 硬盘 | 硬盤 | yìngpán | - hard disk |
| 硬碟 | 硬碟 | yìngdié | - (Tw) hard disk - hard drive |
| 硬糖 | 硬糖 | yìngtáng | - hard candy |
| 硬卧 | 硬臥 | yìngwò | - hard sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a harder bunk) |
| 纸质 | 紙質 | zhǐzhì | - paper - hard copy - printed (as opposed to electronically displayed) |
| 紧巴 | 緊巴 | jǐnbā | - tight (i.e. lacking money) - hard up - same as 緊巴巴|紧巴巴 |
| 紧逼 | 緊逼 | jǐnbī | - to press hard - to close in on |
| 绕嘴 | 繞嘴 | ràozuǐ | - hard to get one's mouth around - a tongue-twister |
| 缠手 | 纏手 | chánshǒu | - troublesome - hard to deal with |
| 罗掘 | 羅掘 | luójué | - to scrape around for money - hard pressed for cash - cf 羅雀掘鼠|罗雀掘鼠 to net birds and dig for rats (idiom) |
| 苦事 | 苦事 | kǔshì | - hard job - arduous task |
| 苦力 | 苦力 | kǔlì | - bitter work - hard toil - (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times |
| 苦功 | 苦功 | kǔgōng | - hard work - laborious effort - painstaking work |
| 苦劳 | 苦勞 | kǔláo | - toil - hard work |
| 苦命 | 苦命 | kǔmìng | - hard lot - bitter fate - unfortunate |
| 苦工 | 苦工 | kǔgōng | - hard labor (in penal code) - coolie |
| 苦差 | 苦差 | kǔchāi | - hard and unprofitable (job) - poorly paid drudgery - arduous and unrewarding (undertaking) |
| 苦干 | 苦幹 | kǔgàn | - to work hard |
| 苦思 | 苦思 | kǔsī | - to think hard - bitter thoughts - to pour out one's sufferings |
| 苦战 | 苦戰 | kǔzhàn | - bitter struggle - hard battle - arduous effort |
| 苦练 | 苦練 | kǔliàn | - to train hard - to practice diligently - hard work - blood, sweat, and tears |
| 着力 | 著力 | zhuólì | - to put effort into sth - to try really hard |
| 贝壳 | 貝殼 | bèiké | - shell - conch - cowry - mother of pearl - hard outer skin - also pr. [bei4 qiao4] |
| 费解 | 費解 | fèijiě | - to be puzzled - hard to understand - unintelligible - incomprehensible |
| 跟脚 | 跟腳 | gēnjiǎo | - to feet the feet perfectly - to follow closely - hard on sb's heels |
| 迷离 | 迷離 | mílí | - blurred - hard to make out distinctly |
| 遭罪 | 遭罪 | zāozuì | - to endure - to suffer hardships - hard time - nuisance |
| 重听 | 重聽 | zhòngtīng | - hard of hearing |
| 金刚 | 金剛 | jīngāng | - vajra - diamond - hard metal - pupa of certain insects |
| 闭塞 | 閉塞 | bìsè | - to stop up - to close up - hard to get to - out of the way - inaccessible - unenlightened - blocking |
| 难以 | 難以 | nányǐ | - hard to (predict, imagine etc) |
| 难保 | 難保 | nánbǎo | - hard to say - can't guarantee - difficult to protect - difficult to preserve |
| 难免 | 難免 | nánmiǎn | - hard to avoid - difficult to escape from |
| 难堪 | 難堪 | nánkān | - hard to take - embarrassed |
| 难弹 | 難彈 | nántán | - hard to play (of music for stringed instrument) |
| 难得 | 難得 | nándé | - seldom - rare - hard to come by |
| 难测 | 難測 | náncè | - hard to fathom |
| 难熬 | 難熬 | nánáo | - hard to bear - unendurable (pain, suffering) |
| 难缠 | 難纏 | nánchán | - (usu. of people) difficult - demanding - troublesome - unreasonable - hard to deal with |
| 难行 | 難行 | nánxíng | - hard to pass |
| 难解 | 難解 | nánjiě | - hard to solve - hard to dispel - hard to understand - hard to undo |
| 难记 | 難記 | nánjì | - hard to remember |
| 难走 | 難走 | nánzǒu | - hard to get to - difficult to travel (i.e. the road is bad) |
| 顽强 | 頑強 | wánqiáng | - tenacious - hard to defeat |
| 高难 | 高難 | gāonán | - extremely difficult - hard and dangerous - challenging |
| 不好受 | 不好受 | bùhǎoshòu | - unpleasant - hard to take |
| 不好说 | 不好說 | bùhǎoshuō | - hard to say - unpleasant to say - can't be sure |
| 想不到 | 想不到 | xiǎngbudào | - unexpected - hard to imagine - it had not occurred to me - who could have thought that |
| 想不开 | 想不開 | xiǎngbukāi | - cannot figure out - to be unable to take a lighter view - to take things too hard - to be depressed - to fret over trifles |
| 手头紧 | 手頭緊 | shǒutóujǐn | - short of money - hard up |
| 硬目标 | 硬目標 | yìngmùbiāo | - hard target |
| 硬磁盘 | 硬磁盤 | yìngcípán | - hard drive - hard disk |
| 硬邦邦 | 硬邦邦 | yìngbāngbāng | - very hard |
| 紧巴巴 | 緊巴巴 | jǐnbābā | - tight fitting - hard up (i.e. lacking money) |
| 苦差事 | 苦差事 | kǔchāishi | - hard and unprofitable - drudgery - sweated labor |
| 苦日子 | 苦日子 | kǔrìzi | - hard times |
| 着劲儿 | 著勁兒 | zhuójìnr | - to put effort into sth - to try really hard |
| 难控制 | 難控制 | nánkòngzhì | - hard to control |
| 一言难尽 | 一言難盡 | yīyánnánjìn | - hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly |
| 不可多得 | 不可多得 | bùkěduōdé | - hard to come by - rare |
| 人心难测 | 人心難測 | rénxīnnáncè | - hard to fathom a person's mind (idiom) |
| 俾夜作昼 | 俾夜作晝 | bǐyèzuòzhòu | - lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil - work especially hard |
| 做牛做马 | 做牛做馬 | zuòniúzuòmǎ | - lit. to work like an ox, to work like a horse; fig. to work extremely hard |
| 冥思苦想 | 冥思苦想 | míngsīkǔxiǎng | - to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard - to rack one's brains |
| 刻苦学习 | 刻苦學習 | kèkǔxuéxí | - to study hard - assiduous |
| 劳心苦思 | 勞心苦思 | láoxīnkǔsī | - to rack one's brains - to think hard |
| 夙兴夜寐 | 夙興夜寐 | sùxīngyèmèi | - to rise early and sleep late (idiom); to work hard - to study diligently - to burn the candle at both ends |
| 学习刻苦 | 學習刻苦 | xuéxíkèkǔ | - to study hard - assiduous |
| 抓紧学习 | 抓緊學習 | zhuājǐnxuéxí | - to concentrate on studying hard |
| 拼死拼活 | 拼死拼活 | pīnsǐpīnhuó | - one's utmost - (to fight or work) desperately hard - to put up a life or death struggle - at all costs |
| 柔能克刚 | 柔能克剛 | róunéngkègāng | - lit. the soft can subdue the hard |
| 沉重打击 | 沉重打擊 | chénzhòngdǎjī | - to hit hard |
| 没齿难忘 | 沒齒難忘 | mòchǐnánwàng | - hard to forget even after one's teeth fall out (idiom); to remember a benefactor as long as one lives - undying gratitude |
| 焦头烂额 | 焦頭爛額 | jiāotóulàné | - lit. beaten head and scorched brow (idiom); beaten black and blue - fig. in trouble - in terrible shape - hard pressed - overwrought |
| 疑难杂症 | 疑難雜症 | yínánzázhèng | - dubious or hard-to-treat cases (medicine) - hard cases |
| 真假难辨 | 真假難辨 | zhēnjiǎnánbiàn | - hard to distinguish real from imitation |
| 积重难返 | 積重難返 | jīzhòngnánfǎn | - ingrained habits are hard to overcome (idiom); bad old practices die hard |
| 苦思冥想 | 苦思冥想 | kǔsīmíngxiǎng | - to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard - to rack one's brains |
| 虚虚实实 | 虛虛實實 | xūxūshíshí | - hard to tell if it's real or sham |
| 锐不可当 | 銳不可當 | ruìbùkědāng | - unstoppable - hard to hold back |
| 难以实现 | 難以實現 | nányǐshíxiàn | - hard to accomplish - difficult to achieve |
| 难以忍受 | 難以忍受 | nányǐrěnshòu | - hard to endure - unbearable |
| 难以应付 | 難以應付 | nányǐyìngfù | - hard to deal with - hard to handle |
| 难以抹去 | 難以抹去 | nányǐmǒqù | - hard to erase - ineradicable |
| 难以捉摸 | 難以捉摸 | nányǐzhuōmō | - elusive - hard to pin down - enigmatic |
| 难以理解 | 難以理解 | nányǐlǐjiě | - hard to understand - incomprehensible |
| 难以置信 | 難以置信 | nányǐzhìxìn | - hard to believe - incredible |
| 难解难分 | 難解難分 | nánjiěnánfēn | - hard to untie, hard to separate (idiom); inextricably involved - locked in battle |
| 高筋面粉 | 高筋麵粉 | gāojīnmiànfěn | - bread flour - hard flour |
| 硬式磁碟机 | 硬式磁碟機 | yìngshìcídiéjī | - hard disk - hard drive |
| 百足之虫死而不僵 | 百足之蟲死而不僵 | bǎizúzhīchóngsǐérbùjiāng | - a centipede dies but never falls down - old institutions die hard |
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