硬邦邦 (yìng bāng bāng) — rock-hard, stiff (describes something that feels very hard and unyielding)
Definition
Reduplicated adjective meaning 'rock-hard, stiff' — the de- form (硬邦邦的) is far more common than the bare adjective, used for bread, frozen fingers, mattresses, etc. A vivid, colloquial alternative to plain 硬.
adjective
rock-hardstiff (describes something that feels very hard and unyielding)
Examples
- ，硬邦邦。Zhè kuài miàn bāo fàng le yí yè, biàn de yìng bāng bāng de.This piece of bread sat out all night and turned rock-hard.
- 硬邦邦，。Tā dòng dé shǒu zhǐ dōu yìng bāng bāng de, jī hū wò bú zhù bǐ.His fingers were so frozen they were stiff, and he could barely hold the pen.
- 硬邦邦，。Xīn mǎi de chuáng diàn tài yìng bāng bāng le, shuì le yì wǎn yāo suān bèi tòng.The new mattress is too hard — after one night my back and waist ache.
Browse more HSK 7-9 words or search the full 43,000-word dictionary.