硬邦邦

Chinese

		hard; stiff; strong hard; stiff; strong; firm	ideophone suffix
trad. (硬邦邦)		硬	邦邦
simp. #(硬邦邦)		硬	邦邦
alternative forms		硬梆梆 硬幫幫／硬帮帮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìngbāngbāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˋ ㄅㄤ ㄅㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaang⁶ bong¹ bong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìngbāngbāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ ㄅㄤ ㄅㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìngbangbang
    • Wade–Giles: ying⁴-pang¹-pang¹
    • Yale: yìng-bāng-bāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinqbangbang
    • Palladius: инбанбан (inbanban)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵¹ pɑŋ⁵⁵ pɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaang⁶ bong¹ bong¹
    • Yale: ngaahng bōng bōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaang⁶ bong¹ bong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngang⁶ bong¹ bong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːŋ²² pɔːŋ⁵⁵ pɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Adjective

硬邦邦

1. (ideophonic) hard (like rock); frozen hard or stiff
2. (ideophonic, of words, etc.) cold, making one feel uncomfortable; frigid; unnatural

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 硬邦邦 (“(expressive) hard; stiff”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		硬邦邦
Mandarin	Taiwan	硬邦邦
	Harbin	硬個撅, 硬撅撅, 硬邦兒, 硬邦
	Jinan	硬邦邦
	Xi'an	硬邦邦
	Lanzhou	硬邦邦, 硬登登
	Xining	硬爭爭兒
	Wuhan	硬七八戧, 邦邦子硬, 邦邦硬
	Guiyang	硬邦邦, 硬董董
	Liuzhou	硬摳摳
	Yangzhou	硬撅撅
Cantonese	Guangzhou	硬𥕏𥕏, 硬極𥕏, 硬角角, 硬瓜瓜, 硬繃繃
	Hong Kong	硬𥕏𥕏, 硬轟轟
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	硬轟轟
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	硬𥕏𥕏
Hakka	Meixian	硬硈硈, 硬角角
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	硬仃仃, 硬確確, 硬翹翹仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	硬仃仃仔, 硬確確仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	硬仃仃, 硬確確, 硬翹翹
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	硬仃仃, 硬確確, 硬翹翹
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	硬仃仃, 硬確確, 硬翹翹
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	硬確確, 硬翹翹
	Hong Kong	硬角角
	Senai (Huiyang)	硬仃仃
Huizhou	Jixi	硬敲敲
Jin	Taiyuan	硬錚錚, 硬撅撅
Northern Min	Jian'ou	硬杠杠
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	硬確確
Southern Min	Xiamen	硬邦邦, 硬督督, 硬棟棟, 硬迸迸, 硬硞硞, 硬揭揭, 𠕇硞硞, 𠕇篤篤
	Shantou	硬硬尼
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	𠕇如石
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	硬𥕏𥕏, 硬的的
Wu	Shanghai	硬繃繃, 硬撟撟, 硬橛橛, 硬𤿩𤿩, 硬扎扎, 硬擱擱
	Shanghai (Chongming)	硬繃繃, 硬殼殼, 硬確確
	Danyang	硬腔腔, 硬直直, 硬𤿩𤿩
	Hangzhou	硬邦邦
	Ningbo	硬繃繃, 硬剝剝, 硬的剝落, 硬結結, 硬結刮剌, 硬燥燥
	Wenzhou	硬擱擱
	Jinhua	硬擱擱, 硬節節兒, 硬節兒節兒

Antonyms

• 軟綿綿／软绵绵 (ruǎnmiánmián)