Usage of the character 強
qiáng
强
[強]
- strong
- powerful
- better
- slightly more than
- vigorous
- violent
- best in their category, e.g. see 百強/百强 (bǎiqiáng)
qiǎng
强
[強]
- to force
- to compel
- to strive
- to make an effort
Qiáng
强
[強]
- surname Qiang
jiàng
强
[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