硬

Meaning(adjective, adverb)

hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial

Opposite: 软 (soft).

Examples

• 这张床太硬了，我睡不着。

  zhè zhāng chuáng tài yìng le, wǒ shuì bù zhe.

  This bed is too hard, I can't sleep.

• 面包放了两天，变硬了。

  miàn bāo fàng le liǎng tiān, biàn yìng le.

  The bread has gone hard after two days.

• 他生病了还硬要去上班。

  tā shēng bìng le hái yìng yào qù shàng bān.

  He's sick but insists on going to work anyway.

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