顽 wán
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 页 — page, sheet, leaf
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
顽固
wángù
stubborn; obstinate; persistent
Characters in this word
固 gù
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 古 old, classic, ancient
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 顽固的部门利益往往比技术难题更难破解。 Wángù de bùmén lìyì wǎngwǎng bǐ jìshù nántí gèng nán pòjiě. Stubborn departmental interests are often harder to resolve than technical problems.
- 他太顽固了，谁也劝不动他，他不会改变想法。 Tā tài wángù le, shéi yě quàn bu dòng tā, tā bú huì gǎibiàn xiǎngfǎ. He's too stubborn; no one can persuade him, he won't change his mind.
- 这种顽固的疾病困扰了他多年，至今仍未治好。 Zhè zhǒng wángù de jíbìng kùnrǎo le tā duō nián, zhìjīn réng wèi zhìhǎo. This stubborn illness has troubled him for many years and still hasn't been cured.
Related words
- 顽强 wánqiáng tenacious, indomitable
- 顽皮 wánpí naughty; mischievous; playful
- 固定 gùdìng to fix in place; fixed
- 坚固 jiāngù strong; sturdy
- 巩固 gǒnggù solid; to consolidate
- 固体 gùtǐ solid
- 根深蒂固 gēnshēndìgù deep-rooted; ingrained
- 固化 gùhuà to solidify; to become fixed or entrenched
- 固然 gùrán admittedly; no doubt; certainly
- 固有 gùyǒu inherent; intrinsic
- 固执 gùzhi stubborn; obstinate
- 牢固 láogù firm; solid; secure