頑石

Chinese

		mischievous; obstinate; to play mischievous; obstinate; to play; stupid; stubborn; naughty	rock; stone; 10 pecks
trad. (頑石)		頑	石
simp. (顽石)		顽	石

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wánshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˊ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁴ sek⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wánshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wánshíh
    • Wade–Giles: wan²-shih²
    • Yale: wán-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanshyr
    • Palladius: ваньши (vanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waan⁴ sek⁶
    • Yale: wàahn sehk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁴ sek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan⁴ ség⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn²¹ sɛːk̚²/

Noun

頑石

1. unpolished rock
2. (figurative) stubborn person

   • 你卻變作頑石　心不知癢 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     你却变作顽石　心不知痒 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2020, 林家謙 [Terence Lam], Oscar (lyrics), 特倫斯夢遊仙境 [Wonderland]

     nei⁵ koek³ bin³ zok³ waan⁴ sek⁶, sam¹ bat¹ zi¹ joeng⁵ [Jyutping]

     Yet you turned into a stubborn rock whose heart doesn't itch a bit

Derived terms

• 頑石點頭／顽石点头