僵 jiāng
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 畺 boundary, border
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
僵
jiāng
stiff; deadlocked
Character
Example phrases
- 听到突如其来的指责，他的表情一瞬间僵在那里。 Tīngdào tūrúqílái de zhǐzé, tā de biǎoqíng yí shùnjiān jiāng zài nàlǐ. Hearing the sudden accusation, his expression froze there for an instant.
- 外面太冷，我的手指都冻僵了。 Wàimiàn tài lěng, wǒ de shǒuzhǐ dōu dòng jiāng le. It's so cold outside that my fingers are frozen stiff.
- 两个人吵了一架，关系一下子僵了。 Liǎng ge rén chǎo le yí jià, guānxi yíxiàzi jiāng le. The two had a quarrel, and their relationship suddenly became strained.
Related words
- 僵化 jiānghuà to become rigid; to ossify
- 僵局 jiāngjú deadlock; stalemate
- 僵硬 jiāngyìng stiff; rigid
- 亲眼 qīnyǎn with one's own eyes
- 灵巧 língqiǎo dexterous; skilful; ingenious
- 亲手 qīnshǒu with one's own hands; personally
- 敏捷 mǐnjié agile; nimble; quick-witted
- 挠 náo to scratch; to scrape
- 耐 nài to endure; to withstand
- 掐 qiā to pinch; to nip; to time precisely
- 抡 lūn to swing; to brandish
- 捏 niē to pinch; to knead; to fabricate