Keyword
stiff
- still
- motionless
- Frequency
- #2179
- Strokes
- 15
Readings
jiāng
Mnemonic
亻 (person) gives the meaning and 畺 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
僵尸
gyonshi; jiang shi; Chinese vampire; zombie
僵局
impasse; deadlock
僵
rigid; deadlock; stiff (corpse)
僵硬
stiff; rigid
僵化
to become rigid
僵持
to be deadlocked
冻僵
frozen stiff; numb with cold
僵直
stiff; rigid; inflexible
闹僵
(of a relationship or situation) to become strained and tense
僵住
motionless; unable to move
弄僵
to bring to deadlock; to result in a stalemate
尸僵
rigor mortis
李代桃僵
lit. the plum tree withers in place of the peach tree; to substitute one thing for another; to carry the can for sb
死而不僵
dead but showing no signs of rigor mortis; to die hard (idiom); to die yet not be vanquished (idiom)