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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
yìng- hard; stiff; solid
- (fig.) strong; firm
- resolutely; uncompromisingly
- laboriously; with great difficulty
- good (quality); able (person)
- (of food) filling; substantial
shì- to be (followed by substantives only)
- correct; right; true
- (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
- (adverb for emphatic assertion)
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