坚 (堅) jiān

1. jiān adjective hard; firm
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '堅' adj; Guoyu '堅' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '堅' 1, p. 194; Mathews 1931 '堅', p. 112; Unihan '堅')
2. jiān adjective strong; robust
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 强硬 (CC-CEDICT '堅' adj; Guoyu '堅' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '堅' 1, p. 194; Mathews 1931 '堅', p. 112; Unihan '堅')
3. jiān adjective stable; secure
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '堅' 2a, p. 194)
4. jiān adverb definitely [not]
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Used for emphasis before negation; for example 坚拒 staunchly refuse (Guoyu '堅' adv; Mathews 1931 '堅', p. 112)
5. jiān proper noun Kirghiz people
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A historic name for the Kirghiz people of Central Asia (Kroll 2015 '堅' 3, p. 194)
6. jiān noun armor
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 盔甲 (Guoyu '堅' n 1)
7. jiān noun military stronghold
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '堅' n 2)
8. jiān noun core; main body
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '堅' n 3)
9. jiān proper noun Jian
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '堅' n 4)
10. jiān adjective resolute
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '堅' 2, p. 194; Mathews 1931 '堅', p. 112; Unihan '堅')

Contained in

• 坚振(堅振) confirmation
• 坚如磐石(堅如磐石) solid as a boulder; absolutely secure; rock-firm and unyielding
• 坚定不疑(堅定不疑) resolute without doubts
• 美利坚治世(美利堅治世) Pax Americana
• 坚定(堅定) firm; steady; staunch; resolute
• 自坚(自堅) to toughen oneself
• 坚持己论(堅持己論) stubbornly hold to one's own ideas
• 坚定不移(堅定不移) firm and unchanging
• 坚韧(堅韌) tough and durable; tenacious
• 坚不吐真(堅不吐真) stubbornly refuse to say the truth
• 坚牢(堅牢) strong; firm
• 坚致(堅緻) robust and fine
• 坚信礼(堅信禮) Confirmation
• 中坚(中堅) core; main body ; resolute character ; fierce soldiers
• 坚称(堅稱) to claim; to assert
• 情比金坚(情比金堅) love is more solid than gold
• 坚持不懈(堅持不懈) to persevere unremittingly
• 穷当益坚(窮當益堅) poor but ambitious; hard-pressed but determined
• 坚不可摧(堅不可摧) invulnerable, indestructible, impregnable
• 坚毅(堅毅) firm and persistent
• 坚信(堅信) to believe firmly
• 坚执(堅執) obstinate; stubborn
• 钻坚仰高(鑽堅仰高) looking up to it, it gets higher; boring into it, it gets harder (from Analects); to delve deeply into one's studies
• 坚戈(堅戈) Tenge
• 澳洲坚果(澳洲堅果) macadamia nut
• 主不可以不坚(主不可以不堅) a ruler cannot be irresolute
• 坚贞(堅貞) chaste; loyal
• 坚甲利兵(堅甲利兵) stiff armor and sharp weapons; well prepared
• 坚土(堅土) hard soil
• 船坚炮利(船堅炮利) strong boats and accurate canons
• 坚苦(堅苦) determined even in the face of suffering
• 坚拒(堅拒) staunchly refuse
• 坚劲(堅勁) unyielding; unyielding
• 坚厚(堅厚) solid
• 坚持(堅持) to be committed to; to persist; to be stubborn
• 坚壁清野(堅壁清野) to fortify defenses and raze the fields; to leave nothing for the invader; scorched earth policy
• 坚守(堅守) to hold fast to; to guard securely
• 坚美(堅美) resolute and beautiful
• 坚硬(堅硬) hard; solid
• 坚立(堅立) to firmly establish
• 美利坚(美利堅) America
• 无坚不摧(無堅不摧) no stronghold one cannot overcome; to conquer every obstacle; nothing one can't do
• 坚折(堅折) to discount
• 攻坚(攻堅) to storm fortifications; to assault fortified positions
• 坚持下去(堅持下去) to press on
• 坚心(堅心) resolute

Also contained in

黄庭坚 、 夷坚志 、 杨坚 、 坚固法身 、 孙坚

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Truncated for common words

• 卷一百一十四 載記第十四 苻堅下 Volume 114 Records 14: Fu Jian Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 168
• 卷一百一十三 載記第十三 苻堅上 Volume 113 Records 13: Fu Jian Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 155
• 卷95 匈奴劉聰 羯胡石勒 鐵弗劉虎 徒何慕容廆 臨渭氐苻健 羌姚萇 略陽氐吕光 Volume 95: Liu Cong of the Xiongnu, Shi Le of the Jie People, Liu Hu of the Tiefu, Murong Hui of the Tuhe, Fu Jian of the Linwei Di, Yao Chong of the Qiang, Lu Guang of the Lüeyang Di Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 99
• 卷四十六 吳書一 孫破虜討逆傳 Volume 46: Book of Wu 1 - Biographies of Sun Who Destroys Barbarians, and Sun Who Attacks Rebels Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 53
• 卷九十三　列傳第八十一:　僭偽附庸 Volume 93 Biographies 81: Vassal States History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 45
• 卷一百〇五 列傳第五十五: 宇文融 韋堅 楊慎矜 王鉷 Volume 105 Biographies 55: Yu Wenrong, Wei Jian, Yang Shenjin, Wang Hong Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 31
• 卷一百三十四　　列傳第五十九　　　　宇文韋楊王 Volume 134 Biographies 59: Yu Wen, Wei, Yang, Wang New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 30
• 第六回 Chapter 6 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 27
• 第八十九回 Chapter 89 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 27
• 第七回 Chapter 7 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 24

Collocations

• 坚彊 (堅彊) 堅彊而不曓 — Xunzi 荀子, 不苟篇第三 Chapter 3: Nothing Carelessly — count: 5
• 完坚 (完堅) 取完堅 — Guanzi 管子, 度地第五十七 Chapter 57: Crossing Land — count: 5
• 坚脆 (堅脆) 堅脆之分也 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 解老第二十 Chapter 20: Commentaries on Laozi's Teachings — count: 4
• 侯坚 (侯堅) 封商他子靖侯堅元年 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖功臣侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises in the Time of Gaozu — count: 4
• 坚石 (堅石) 而任重如堅石 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 外儲說左上第三十二 Chapter 32: A Collection of Sayings III — count: 3
• 伯坚 (伯堅) 鄭伯堅卒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 3
• 坚卒 (堅卒) 鄭伯堅卒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 3
• 弥坚 (彌堅) 鑽之彌堅 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 9. 《子罕》 Zi Han — count: 2
• 坚祸 (堅禍) 個堅禍 — Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經, Full Text — count: 2
• 革坚 (革堅) 則革堅也 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 冬官考工記 第六 6. Office of Winter and Inspection Records — count: 2