頑固

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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)
simp. (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: (がん)() (ganko)
  • Korean: 완고(頑固) (wan'go)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
がん
Grade: S

Grade: 4
kan'on

Pronunciation

Noun

(がん)() (gankoぐわんこ (gwanko)?

  1. stubbornness

Adjective

(がん)() (gankoぐわんこ (gwanko)?-na (adnominal (がん)() (ganko na), adverbial (がん)() (ganko ni))
(がん)() (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, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN