生硬

Chinese

 
to be born; to give birth; life
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
 
hard; stiff; strong
hard; stiff; strong; firm
simp. and trad.
(生硬)

Pronunciation


Adjective

生硬

  1. stiff; ungentle
  2. choppy; jerky; unsmooth (of language)
  3. unnatural; unskillful

Japanese

Kanji in this term
せい
Grade: 1
こう
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 生硬 (ʃˠæŋ ŋˠɛŋH).

Pronunciation

Adjective

(せい)(こう) • (seikō) せいかう (seikau)?-na (adnominal (せい)(こう) (seikō na), adverbial (せい)(こう) (seikō ni))

  1. crude

Inflection

Noun

(せい)(こう) • (seikō) せいかう (seikau)?

  1. crudeness

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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