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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 硬是
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 硬是 | yìng shì | - just - simply - stubbornly - really |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 30,645 | 13,465 | 11,146 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 硬 | yìng | - hard; stiff; solid - (fig.) strong; firm - resolutely; uncompromisingly - laboriously; with great difficulty - good (quality); able (person) - (of food) filling; substantial |
| 是 | shì | - to be (followed by substantives only) - correct; right; true - (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well - (adverb for emphatic assertion) |
| 是 | shì | - variant of 是[shi4] |
Other Words Containing 硬是
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 硬是 | - | - | 30,645 | 13,465 | 11,146 |