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Chinese
Pronunciation
Adjective
牢牢
- firm
- safe; reliable
- (literary) boundless; vast
Synonyms
- 堅固/坚固 (jiāngù)
- 堅實/坚实 (jiānshí)
- 堅硬/坚硬 (jiānyìng)
- 扎實
- 深厚 (shēnhòu) (figurative, of foundations)
- 牢 (láo)
- 牢固 (láogù)
- 牢靠 (láokào)
- 瓷 (cí)
- 穩固/稳固 (wěngù)
- 結實/结实
- 緊實/紧实 (jǐnshí)
- 鞏/巩 (gǒng) (literary, or in compounds)
- 鞏固/巩固 (gǒnggù)
- 信實/信实 (xìnshí)
- 保險/保险 (bǎoxiǎn)
- 停 (tíng) (literary, or in compounds)
- 可恃 (kěshì) (literary)
- 可靠 (kěkào)
- 把牢 (bǎláo) (regional, chiefly in the negative)
- 把穩/把稳 (bǎwěn) (regional)
- 牢 (láo)
- 牢靠 (láokào)
- 穩妥/稳妥 (wěntuǒ)
- 穩當/稳当
- 穩陣/稳阵 (wan2 zan6) (Cantonese)
- (boundless): (formal) 寥廓 (liáokuò)
Adverb
牢牢
- (literary) all along; always; constantly; long; the entire time
Synonyms
- 一向 (yīxiàng)
- 一直 (yīzhí)
- 一貫/一贯 (yīguàn)
- 一路 (yīlù)
- 一路來/一路来 (Xiang)
- 不嬲 (bat1 lau1) (Cantonese)
- 取總/取总 (qü3 zong3) (Sichuanese)
- 向來/向来 (xiànglái)
- 始終/始终 (shǐzhōng)
- 少來/少来 (shǎolái) (literary)
- 從來/从来 (cónglái)
- 從到今/从到今 (Hokkien)
- 歷來/历来 (lìlái)
- 直直 (Hokkien)
- 素來/素来 (sùlái) (literary)
- 終始/终始 (zhōngshǐ)
- 跇頭/跇头 (Eastern Min)
- 透底 (Eastern Min, Taiwanese Hokkien)