頑固

See also: 顽固

Chinese

 
mischievous; obstinate; to play
mischievous; obstinate; to play; stupid; stubborn; naughty
 
hard; strong; solid
hard; strong; solid; sure
trad. (頑固) 頑 固
simp. (顽固) 顽 固

Pronunciation


Adjective

頑固

  1. stubborn; obstinate
  2. conservative; traditionalist; diehard
  3. (medicine, of illness) persistent; chronic; hard to treat

Synonyms

  • (stubborn):
  • (conservative):

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “conservative”):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (頑固):
  • → Japanese: 頑(がん)固(こ) (ganko)
  • → Korean: 완고(頑固) (wan'go)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
頑 固
がん
Grade: S
こ
Grade: 4
kan’on

Pronunciation

Noun

頑(がん)固(こ) • (ganko) ←ぐわんこ (gwanko)?

  1. stubbornness

Adjective

頑(がん)固(こ) • (ganko) ←ぐわんこ (gwanko)?-na (adnominal 頑(がん)固(こ)な (ganko na), adverbial 頑(がん)固(こ)に (ganko ni))
頑(がん)固(こ) • (ganko) ←ぐわんこ (gwanko)?†-nari

  1. stubborn

Inflection

References

  1. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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