僵

jiāng

HSK 3.0 Level 7 Adjective Uncommon

Definitions

1. rigid
2. deadlock
3. stiff (corpse)

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Word relationships

Antonyms

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• 灵活 líng huó 灵活 líng huó flexible Stiff vs. flexible, agile.: flexible

Related words

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• 僵局 jiāng jú 僵局 jiāng jú impasse Deadlock; a noun form using 僵.: impasse

Synonyms

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• 僵硬 jiāng yìng 僵硬 jiāng yìng stiff; rigid Both describe physical stiffness, but 僵 can also imply a deadlock.: stiff; rigid

Usage notes

Collocations

Often used in 僵持 (deadlocked) and 僵硬 (stiff).

Common mistakes

Don't confuse 僵 (jiāng, stiff/deadlock) with 疆 (jiāng, border).

Example Sentences

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天气太冷，我的手指都冻 僵 了。

The weather is so cold that my fingers are frozen stiff.

我凍 僵 了。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 5505574)

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Words Containing 僵

• 僵化 僵化 jiāng huà: to become rigid
• 僵局 僵局 jiāng jú: impasse
• 僵硬 僵硬 jiāng yìng: stiff; rigid
• 僵住 僵住 jiāng zhù: motionless
• 僵住症 僵住症 jiāng zhù zhèng: catalepsy
• 僵固性 僵固性 jiāng gù xìng: rigidity
• 僵尸网络 僵尸网络 jiāng shī wǎng luò: botnet
• 僵尸车 僵尸车 jiāng shī chē: (coll.) abandoned car
• 僵持 僵持 jiāng chí: to be deadlocked
• 僵直 僵直 jiāng zhí: stiff
• 僵卧 僵卧 jiāng wò: to lie rigid and motionless
• 冻僵 冻僵 dòng jiāng: frozen stiff
• 尸僵 尸僵 shī jiāng: rigor mortis
• 弄僵 弄僵 nòng jiāng: to bring to deadlock
• 李代桃僵 李代桃僵 lǐ dài táo jiāng: lit. the plum tree withers in place of the peach tree
• 核僵持 核僵持 hé jiāng chí: nuclear equipoise
• 死而不僵 死而不僵 sǐ ér bù jiāng: dead but showing no signs of rigor mortis
• 僵尸 僵尸 jiāng shī: gyonshi
• 僵尸粉 僵尸粉 jiāng shī fěn: \zombie fans\, fake followers that can be bought to boost one's popularity on Weibo, Baidu etc
• 白僵蚕 白僵蚕 bái jiāng cán: the larva of silkworm with batrytis
• 百足之虫死而不僵 百足之虫死而不僵 bǎi zú zhī chóng sǐ ér bù jiāng: a centipede dies but never falls down
• 直僵 直僵 zhí jiāng: rigid