僵 (jiāng): rigid, deadlock, stiff (corpse)
僵 (jiāng) is a Chinese character meaning “rigid.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亻 (semantic) and 畺 (phonetic). It ranks #2266 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 僵 person. Its radical form 亻 (person) appears in many related characters such as 人 (rén, person), 什 (shén, what), 今 (jīn, now).
Definitions
- rigid
- deadlock
- stiff (corpse)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 僵尸 | jiāng shī | gyonshi |
| 僵硬 | jiāng yìng | stiff |
| 冻僵 | dòng jiāng | frozen stiff |
| 僵局 | jiāng jú | impasse |
| 僵直 | jiāng zhí | stiff |
| 僵持 | jiāng chí | to be deadlocked |
| 僵化 | jiāng huà | to become rigid |
| 弄僵 | nòng jiāng | to bring to deadlock |
| 百足之虫死而不僵 | bǎi zú zhī chóng sǐ ér bù jiāng | a centipede dies but never falls down |
| 死而不僵 | sǐ ér bù jiāng | dead but showing no signs of rigor mortis |
| 僵固性 | jiāng gù xìng | rigidity |
| 核僵持 | hé jiāng chí | nuclear equipoise |
| 直僵 | zhí jiāng | rigid |
| 僵住症 | jiāng zhù zhèng | catalepsy |
| 僵住 | jiāng zhù | motionless |
僵 appears in 23 compound words: 57 as the first character, 35 as the last, and 9 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 僵 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
那个僵影在月光下显得格外孤独。
nā gě jiāng yǐng zài yuè guāng xià xiǎn dé gé wài gū dú .
That stiff shadow looked especially lonely in the moonlight.
洪欣10度严寒超少布登台 全身僵硬顶硬上笑住唱
hóng xīn 1 0 dù yán hán chāo shǎo bù dēng tái quán shēn jiāng yìng dǐng yìng shàng xiào zhù chàng
Hong Xin was 10 degrees cold, and the whole body was stiff and stiff, smiling and singing
“僵尸权证”可申请提前下市 累计注销314档
jiāng shī quán zhèng kě shēn qǐng tí qián xià shì lěi jì zhù xiāo 3 1 4 dàng
"Zombie warrants" can apply for early delisting and a total of 314 files can be cancelled
《使命召唤》官方辟谣,否认存在独立的僵尸模式游戏
shǐ mìng zhào huàn guān fāng pì yáo , fǒu rèn cún zài dú lì de jiāng shī mó shì yóu xì
"Call of Duty" officially refuted the rumors, denying the existence of a separate zombie mode game
长假结束腰背痛肩颈僵假日症候群? 联新国际:核心断线
cháng jiǎ jié shù yāo bèi tòng jiān jǐng jiāng jiǎ rì zhèng hòu qún ? lián xīn guó jì : hé xīn duàn xiàn
Long vacation at the end of back pain shoulder and neck stiff holiday syndrome? Lianxin International: Core disconnection
...中某饭店男租客多日未见 警消开门赫见已尸僵
. . . zhōng mǒu fàn diàn nán zū kè duō rì wèi jiàn jǐng xiāo kāi mén hè jiàn yǐ shī jiāng
... A male tenant of a hotel in the middle hasn't been seen for many days, and the police opened the door, and he saw that he was dead
在僵尸启示录的事件中你会怎么做？
Zài jiāngshī Qǐshìlù de shìjiàn zhōng nǐ huì zěnme zuò?
What would you do in the event of a zombie apocalypse?
我们必须设法打破这个僵局。
Wǒmen bìxū shèfǎ dǎpò zhège jiāngjú.
We must try to break the deadlock.
我的手指冻僵了，以至于无法弹钢琴了。
Wǒ de shǒuzhǐ dòngjiāng le, yǐzhìyú wúfǎ tán gāngqín le.
My fingers are so numb with cold that I can't play the piano.
他吓得全身僵硬。
Tā xià de quánshēn jiāngyìng.
He was rigid with terror.
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