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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 要强

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
要强 yào qiáng - eager to excel
- eager to get ahead in life
- strong-minded

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
- 9 30,912 18,818 16,679

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
yāo- (bound form) to demand; to coerce
yào- to want; to need; to ask for
- will; shall; about to
- need to; should
- if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5])
- (bound form) important
qiáng- surname Qiang
jiàng- stubborn
- unyielding
qiáng- strong
- powerful
- better
- slightly more than
- vigorous
- violent
- best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2]
qiǎng- to force
- to compel
- to strive
- to make an effort
jiàng- variant of 強|强[jiang4]
qiáng- variant of 強|强[qiang2]
qiǎng- variant of 強|强[qiang3]

Other Words Containing 要强

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
要强 - 9 30,912 18,818 16,679