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Usage of the character 強

qiáng
[強]
  • strong
  • powerful
  • better
  • slightly more than
  • vigorous
  • violent
  • best in their category, e.g. see 百強/百强 (bǎiqiáng)
qiǎng
[強]
  • to force
  • to compel
  • to strive
  • to make an effort
Qiáng
[強]
  • surname Qiang
jiàng
[強]
  • stubborn
  • unyielding
qiánglìng
强令
[強令]
  • to order by force
  • peremptory
qiǎnglā
强拉
[強拉]
  • to drag (sb) along (to a place)
  • to yank
sìqiáng
四强
[四強]
  • the top four
qiángjìng
强劲
[強勁]
  • strong
  • powerful
  • robust
bāqiáng
八强
[八強]
  • (sports) top eight
  • quarterfinals
qiángruò
强弱
[強弱]
  • strong or weak
  • intensity
  • amount of force or pressure
háoqiáng
豪强
[豪強]
  • despot
  • tyrant
  • bully
qiángbīng
强兵
[強兵]
  • strong soldiers
  • make the military powerful (political slogan)
qiánggàn
强干
[強幹]
  • competent
  • capable
qiǎngbiàn
强辩
[強辯]
  • to try to make one's case using false arguments
qiángzhèn
强震
[強震]
  • powerful earthquake
  • abbr. for 強烈地震/强烈地震
qiángxiàng
强项
[強項]
  • key strength
  • strong suit
  • specialty
juéjiàng
倔强
[倔強]
  • stubborn; obstinate; unbending
qiángjiā
强加
[強加]
  • to impose
  • to force upon
qiángguó
强国
[強國]
  • powerful country
  • great power
qiángjiàn
强健
[強健]
  • sturdy
qiángquán
强权
[強權]
  • power
  • might
qiánggōng
强攻
[強攻]
  • (military) to take by storm
qiángzhàn
强占
[強佔]
  • to occupy by force
qiángsì
强似
[強似]
  • to be better than
qiángzhuàng
强壮
[強壯]
  • strong
  • sturdy
  • robust
qiángdí
强敌
[強敵]
  • powerful enemy
qiángdàng
强档
[強檔]
  • prime time
qiǎngqiú
强求
[強求]
  • to insist on; to demand; to impose
fùqiáng
富强
[富強]
  • rich and powerful
Níngqiáng
宁强
[寧強]
  • Ningqiang County in Hanzhong 漢中/汉中 ( Hànzhōng), Shaanxi
Zǎoqiáng
枣强
[棗強]
  • Zaoqiang county in Hengshui 衡水 ( Héngshuǐ), Hebei
qiángbào
强暴
[強暴]
  • violent
  • to rape
yàoqiáng
要强
[要強]
  • eager to excel
  • eager to get ahead in life
  • strong-minded
qiángrèn
强韧
[強韌]
  • resilient
  • tough and strong
yāqiáng
压强
[壓強]
  • pressure (physics)
jiānqiáng
坚强
[堅強]
  • staunch
  • strong
zēngqiáng
增强
[增強]
  • to increase
  • to strengthen
qiángshēn
强身
[強身]
  • to strengthen one's body; to keep fit; to build up one's health (through exercise, nutrition etc)
qiángdà
强大
[強大]
  • big and strong; formidable; powerful
qiángyìng
强硬
[強硬]
  • tough
  • unyielding
  • hard-line
gāngqiáng
刚强
[剛強]
  • firm; unyielding
qiángzhì
强制
[強制]
  • to force; to compel; to coerce
  • forced; compulsory
  • Taiwan pr. (qiǎngzhi)
qiángjiǎn
强碱
[強鹼]
  • strong alkali
qiángzǐ
强子
[強子]
  • hadron (particle physics)
qiǎngbī
强逼
[強逼]
  • to compel
  • to force
qiánghuà
强化
[強化]
  • to strengthen
  • to intensify
jiàngzuǐ
强嘴
[強嘴]
  • to talk back
  • to reply defiantly
qiǎngrěn
强忍
[強忍]
  • to resist (with great difficulty)
qiángdù
强度
[強度]
  • strength
  • intensity
  • CL:個/个 (gè)
qiángwěn
强吻
[強吻]
  • to forcibly kiss; to kiss without consent
qiǎngchēng
强撑
[強撐]
  • to use all one's willpower (to do sth)
  • to hang in there
qiángfēng
强风
[強風]
  • strong breeze (meteorology)
qiángdiào
强调
[強調]
  • to emphasize (a statement)
  • to stress
bǎiqiáng
百强
[百強]
  • top 100 (e.g. top 100 towns)
qiǎngzhēng
强征
[強徵]
  • to press into service
  • to impress
  • to commandeer
Qiángshēng
强生
[強生]
  • Johnson (surname)
  • Johnson & Johnson (company)
qiángliè
强烈
[強烈]
  • strong; intense
qiángliáng
强梁
[強梁]
  • ruffian
  • bully
bǔqiáng
补强
[補強]
  • (engineering) to reinforce (a structure)
  • to strengthen
  • (fig.) to rectify shortcomings
qiángliú
强流
[強流]
  • high current (e.g. electric)
qiángdǎ
强打
[強打]
  • promotion (for a product)
  • advertisement
Xiǎo Qiáng
小强
[小強]
  • cockroach (slang)
qiángshèng
强盛
[強盛]
  • rich and powerful
qiángrén
强人
[強人]
  • (politics) strongman
  • (in the workplace, esp. of a woman) a highly capable person
  • (old) robber
qiángrú
强如
[強如]
  • to be better than
qiángdào
强盗
[強盜]
  • to rob (with force)
  • bandit
  • robber
  • CL:個/个 (gè)
hàoqiáng
好强
[好強]
  • eager to be first
qiángduì
强队
[強隊]
  • a powerful team (sports)
qiángxíng
强行
[強行]
  • to do sth by force
  • Taiwan pr. (qiǎngxíng)
qiānqiǎng
牵强
[牽強]
  • far-fetched
  • implausible (chain of reasoning)
qiǎngpò
强迫
[強迫]
  • to compel
  • to force
Wǔqiáng
武强
[武強]
  • Wuqiang county in Hengshui 衡水 ( Héngshuǐ), Hebei
qiǎngshǐ
强使
[強使]
  • to force; to oblige
lièqiáng
列强
[列強]
  • the Great Powers (history)
wánqiáng
顽强
[頑強]
  • tenacious
  • hard to defeat
qiánghèng
强横
[強橫]
  • surly and unreasoning
  • bullying
  • tyrannical
qiángshì
强势
[強勢]
  • strong
  • powerful
  • (linguistics) emphatic
  • intensive
qiángjiān
强奸
[強姦]
  • to rape
kāngqiáng
康强
[康強]
  • strong and healthy
  • fit
Qiángguó
强国
[強國]
  • (ironically) mainland China (Taiwan & Hong Kong usage)
qiánglì
强力
[強力]
  • powerful
miǎnqiǎng
勉强
[勉強]
  • to do with difficulty
  • to force sb to do sth
  • reluctant
  • barely enough
zìqiáng
自强
[自強]
  • to strive for self-improvement
chěngqiáng
逞强
[逞強]
  • to show off
  • to try to be brave
gāoqiáng
高强
[高強]
  • excellent
  • outstanding
qiánghàn
强悍
[強悍]
  • tough
  • strong
  • formidable
  • fearsome
jiāqiáng
加强
[加強]
  • to reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance
Wǔqiángxiàn
武强县
[武強縣]
  • Wuqiang county in Hengshui 衡水 ( Héngshuǐ), Hebei
Huáng Kèqiáng
黄克强
[黃克強]
  • pseudonym of Huang Xing 黃興/黄兴 ( Huáng Xīng), one of the heroes of the 1911 Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命 ( Xīnhài Gémìng)
Lǐ Kèqiáng
李克强
[李克強]
  • Li Keqiang (1955-2023), PRC politician, premier 2013-2023
Tèwèiqiáng
特卫强
[特衛強]
  • Tyvek (brand)
sìqiángsài
四强赛
[四強賽]
  • semifinals
Qián Sānqiáng
钱三强
[錢三強]
  • Qian Sanqiang
qiánglìjiāo
强力胶
[強力膠]
  • superglue
qiángjiānfàn
强奸犯
[強姦犯]
  • rapist
qiángyìngpài
强硬派
[強硬派]
  • hardline faction
  • hawks
qiángjiānzuì
强奸罪
[強姦罪]
  • rape
Zǎoqiángxiàn
枣强县
[棗強縣]
  • Zaoqiang county in Hengshui 衡水 ( Héngshuǐ), Hebei
qiǎngpòzhèng
强迫症
[強迫症]
  • obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Hú Zhìqiáng
胡志强
[胡志強]
  • Jason Hu (1948-), former Taiwan foreign minister
Jíqiángzhèn
吉强镇
[吉強鎮]
  • Jiqiang town in Xiji county 西吉 ( Xījí), Guyuan 固原 ( Gùyuán), Ningxia
qiángyǒulì
强有力
[強有力]
  • strong
  • forceful
nüqiángrén
女强人
[女強人]
  • successful career woman
  • able woman
Guāngtóuqiáng
光头强
[光頭強]
  • Logger Vick (Boonie Bears character)
  • nickname for bald people
bāqiángsài
八强赛
[八強賽]
  • quarterfinals
Cài Guóqiáng
蔡国强
[蔡國強]
  • Cai Guoqiang (1957-), contemporary Chinese artist working with firework displays and light shows
Níngqiáng Xiàn
宁强县
[寧強縣]
  • Ningqiang County in Hanzhong 漢中/汉中 ( Hànzhōng), Shaanxi
qiángxīnzhēn
强心针
[強心針]
  • heart-strengthening shot
  • fig. a shot in the arm
qiǎngpòxìng
强迫性
[強迫性]
  • compulsive
  • obsessive
qiángzuòyòng
强作用
[強作用]
  • strong interaction (governing hadrons in nuclear physics)
qiángxīnjì
强心剂
[強心劑]
  • cardiac stimulant
jiāqiángzhēn
加强针
[加強針]
  • (vaccine) booster shot
jiāoqiángxiǎn
交强险
[交強險]
  • compulsory vehicle insurance (abbr. for 機動車交通事故責任強制保險/机动车交通事故责任强制保险 (jīdòngchējiāotōngshìgùzérènqiángzhìbǎoxiǎn))
bùwèiqiángquán
不畏强权
[不畏強權]
  • not to submit to force (idiom); to defy threats and violence
fènfātúqiáng
奋发图强
[奮發圖強]
  • to work energetically for prosperity (of the country)
shēnqiánglìzhuàng
身强力壮
[身強力壯]
  • strong and vigorous
  • sturdy
  • robust
jiānqiángbùqū
坚强不屈
[堅強不屈]
  • staunch and unyielding (idiom); steadfast
duànlièqiángdù
断裂强度
[斷裂強度]
  • rupture strength
  • breaking strength
wéiqiánglíngruò
违强凌弱
[違強凌弱]
  • to avoid the strong and attack the weak (idiom); to bully
  • also written 違強陵弱/违强陵弱
wéiqiánglíngruò
违强陵弱
[違強陵弱]
  • to avoid the strong and attack the weak (idiom); to bully
fāfèntúqiáng
发愤图强
[發憤圖強]
  • to be strongly determined to succeed (idiom)
shìjièqiángguó
世界强国
[世界強國]
  • world power
qiángyìngtàidù
强硬态度
[強硬態度]
  • unyielding attitude
bówénqiángjì
博闻强记
[博聞強記]
  • have wide learning and a retentive memory
  • have encyclopedic knowledge
zìqiángzìlì
自强自立
[自強自立]
  • to strive for self-improvement
qiángjiǎoshùyīng
强脚树莺
[強腳樹鶯]
  • (bird species of China) brown-flanked bush warbler (Horornis fortipes)
fāguāngqiángdù
发光强度
[發光強度]
  • luminous intensity
fúshèqiángdù
辐射强度
[輻射強度]
  • radiation intensity
Xuéxí Qiángguó
学习强国
[學習強國]
  • Xuexi Qiangguo, PRC app designed to teach Xi Jinping Thought, released in 2019
qiǎngpòláodòng
强迫劳动
[強迫勞動]
  • forced labor (as punishment in criminal case)
qiānqiǎngfùhuì
牵强附会
[牽強附會]
  • to make an irrelevant comparison or interpretation (idiom)
liánhézìqiáng
联合自强
[聯合自強]
  • to combine together for self-improvement
  • joint movement for self-strengthening
wàiqiángzhōnggān
外强中干
[外強中乾]
  • strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)
wǔyìgāoqiáng
武艺高强
[武藝高強]
  • highly skilled in martial arts
chúqiángfúruò
锄强扶弱
[鋤強扶弱]
  • to root out the strong and support the weak (idiom); to rob the rich and give to the poor
chāqiángrényì
差强人意
[差強人意]
  • (idiom) just passable
  • barely satisfactory
jítǐqiángjiān
集体强奸
[集體強姦]
  • gang rape
niánfùlìqiáng
年富力强
[年富力強]
  • young and vigorous (idiom)
qiángnǔzhīmò
强弩之末
[強弩之末]
  • lit. an arrow at the end of its flight (idiom)
  • fig. spent force
qiángrěnbēitòng
强忍悲痛
[強忍悲痛]
  • to try hard to suppress one's grief (idiom)
Zìqiáng Yùndòng
自强运动
[自強運動]
  • Self-Strengthening Movement (period of reforms in China c 1861-1894), also named 洋務運動/洋务运动
shìqiánglíngruò
恃强凌弱
[恃強凌弱]
  • see 恃強欺弱/恃强欺弱 (shìqiángqīruò)
fāfèntúqiáng
发奋图强
[發奮圖強]
  • to make an effort to become strong (idiom); determined to do better
  • to pull one's socks up
chāojíqiángguó
超级强国
[超級強國]
  • superpower
zhēngqiánghàoshèng
争强好胜
[爭強好勝]
  • competitive
  • ambitious and aggressive
  • to desire to beat others
miǎnmiǎnqiǎngqiǎng
勉勉强强
[勉勉強強]
  • to achieve with difficulty
  • only just up to the task
  • barely adequate
qiǎngrénsuǒnán
强人所难
[強人所難]
  • to force someone to do something
fùguóqiángbīng
富国强兵
[富國強兵]
  • lit. rich country, strong army (idiom); slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times
  • Make the country wealthy and the military powerful, slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyōhei)
qiǎngpòguānniàn
强迫观念
[強迫觀念]
  • compelling notion
  • obsession
lāshēnqiángdù
拉伸强度
[拉伸強度]
  • tensile strength
yǐruòshèngqiáng
以弱胜强
[以弱勝強]
  • using the weak to defeat the strong (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
zìqiángbùxī
自强不息
[自強不息]
  • to strive unremittingly
  • self-improvement
yùqiángzéqiáng
遇强则强
[遇強則強]
  • tough adversaries make you stronger
diànliúqiángdù
电流强度
[電流強度]
  • current intensity
qiǎngmǎiqiǎngmài
强买强卖
[強買強賣]
  • to force sb to buy or sell
  • to trade using coercion
néngruònéngqiáng
能弱能强
[能弱能強]
  • to be either weak or strong both have their purpose (idiom)
qiǎngcíduólǐ
强词夺理
[強詞奪理]
  • to twist words and force logic (idiom)
  • sophistry
  • loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument
  • shoving false arguments down people's throats
qiángfúshèqū
强辐射区
[強輻射區]
  • radioactive hot spot
Qiángshēng Gōngsī
强生公司
[強生公司]
  • Johnson & Johnson
zúgāoqìjiàng
足高气强
[足高氣強]
  • high and mighty (idiom); arrogant
cuòcíqiángyìng
措辞强硬
[措辭強硬]
  • strongly-worded
bùwèiqiángbào
不畏强暴
[不畏強暴]
  • not to submit to force (idiom); to defy threats and violence
shìqiángqīruò
恃强欺弱
[恃強欺弱]
  • to use one's strength to mistreat people (idiom)
  • to bully
qiángshēnjiàntǐ
强身健体
[強身健體]
  • to keep fit and healthy
bówénqiángzhì
博闻强识
[博聞強識]
  • erudite
  • widely read and knowledgeable
qiángyìnglìchǎng
强硬立场
[強硬立場]
  • tough position
bīngqiángmǎzhuàng
兵强马壮
[兵強馬壯]
  • lit. strong soldiers and sturdy horses (idiom)
  • fig. a well-trained and powerful army
qiǎngyánhuānxiào
强颜欢笑
[強顏歡笑]
  • to pretend to look happy
  • to force oneself to smile
jīngmíngqiánggàn
精明强干
[精明強幹]
  • intelligent and capable (idiom)
guófùbīngqiáng
国富兵强
[國富兵強]
  • prosperous country with military might
ruòròuqiángshí
弱肉强食
[弱肉強食]
  • lit. the weak are prey to the strong (idiom)
  • fig. the law of the jungle
zēngqiángxiànshí
增强现实
[增強現實]
  • (computing) augmented reality; AR
yālìqiángdù
压力强度
[壓力強度]
  • pressure (as measured)
qiángzuòyònglì
强作用力
[強作用力]
  • the strong force (in nuclear physics)
qiǎngbiàndàodǐ
强辩到底
[強辯到底]
  • to argue endlessly
  • to try to have the last word
zìlìzìqiáng
自立自强
[自立自強]
  • to be self-reliant
jiāqiángguǎnzhì
加强管制
[加強管制]
  • to tighten control (over sth)
yǐqiánglíngruò
以强凌弱
[以強凌弱]
  • to use one's strength to bully the weak (idiom)
fúruòyìqiáng
扶弱抑强
[扶弱抑強]
  • to support the weak and restrain the strong (idiom); robbing the rich to help the poor
dàqìyāqiáng
大气压强
[大氣壓強]
  • atmospheric pressure
qiánglièfǎnduì
强烈反对
[強烈反對]
  • to oppose strongly
  • violently opposed to
qiángyīntàbǎn
强音踏板
[強音踏板]
  • loud pedal (on piano)
  • sustaining pedal
qiángxiānghùzuòyòng
强相互作用
[強相互作用]
  • strong interaction (in particle physics)
  • strong force
cígǎnyìngqiángdù
磁感应强度
[磁感應強度]
  • magnetic field density
xiānxiàshǒuwéiqiáng
先下手为强
[先下手為強]
  • (idiom) strike first to gain the upper hand
xuèyèzēngqiángjì
血液增强剂
[血液增強劑]
  • oxyglobin
qiǎngpòxìngchǔwùzhèng
强迫性储物症
[強迫性儲物症]
  • compulsive hoarding
qiǎngpòxìngxìngxíngwéi
强迫性性行为
[強迫性性行為]
  • sexual obsession
yǐnbìqiǎngpòxiàzǎi
隐蔽强迫下载
[隱蔽強迫下載]
  • drive-by download (a form of malware booby-trap)
  • silent drive-by download
qiángzhíxìngjǐzhùyán
强直性脊柱炎
[強直性脊柱炎]
  • ankylosing spondylitis
  • Bechterew’s disease
qiǎngniǔdeguābùtián
强扭的瓜不甜
[強扭的瓜不甜]
  • lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom)
  • fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
niúbùhēshuǐqiǎng'àntóu
牛不喝水强按头
[牛不喝水強按頭]
  • lit. to try to make an ox drink by forcing its head down to the water (idiom)
  • fig. to try to impose one's will on sb
qiángzhōnggèngyǒuqiángzhōngshǒu
强中更有强中手
[強中更有強中手]
  • see 強中自有強中手/强中自有强中手 (qiángzhōngzìyǒuqiángzhōngshǒu)
qiángzhōngzìyǒuqiángzhōngshǒu
强中自有强中手
[強中自有強中手]
  • (idiom) however strong you are, there is always someone stronger
qiángjiàngshǒuxiàwúruòbīng
强将手下无弱兵
[強將手下無弱兵]
  • there are no poor soldiers under a good general (idiom)
qiánglóngbùyādìtóushé
强龙不压地头蛇
[強龍不壓地頭蛇]
  • lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom); fig. a local gangster who is above the law
Dàxíng Qiángzǐ Duìzhuàng Jī
大型强子对撞机
[大型強子對撞機]
  • Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland