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')
  11. jiān adjective firm; dṛḍha
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: dṛḍha, or: sāra, Japanese: ken, Tibetan: snying po'am sra ba (BCSD '堅', p. 297; Mahāvyutpatti 'sāraḥ'; MW 'dṛḍha'; SH '堅', p. 258; Unihan '堅')

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