強〔强〕 koeng⁴ {qiáng}

synonym for China

強〔强〕 koeng⁴ {jiàng}

1. stubborn
2. unyielding

強〔强〕 koeng⁴ {qiáng}

1. strong
2. powerful
3. better
4. slightly more than
5. vigorous
6. violent
7. best in their category, e.g. see 百強

強〔强〕 koeng⁴ {qiǎng}

1. to force
2. to compel
3. to strive
4. to make an effort

強〔强〕 koeng⁴ {Qiáng}

surname Qiang

強調〔强调〕 koeng⁴ diu⁶ {qiáng diào}

to highlight

強猛 koeng⁴ maang⁵ {jiāng měng}

Strong and intense

強記〔强记〕 koeng⁵ gei³; koeng⁴ gei³ {qiáng jì}

koeng5 gei3: to memorize by rote; koeng4 gei3: Keung Kee, name of the restaurant

強逼〔强-〕 koeng⁴ bik¹ {qiǎng bī}

1. to compel
2. to force

強兵〔强-〕 koeng⁴ bing¹ {qiáng bīng}

1. strong soldiers
2. make the military powerful (political slogan)

強暴〔强-〕 koeng⁴ bou⁶ {qiáng bào}

1. violent
2. to rape

強似〔强-〕 koeng⁴ ci⁵ {qiáng sì}

to be better than

強打〔强-〕 koeng⁴ daa² {qiáng dǎ}

1. promotion (for a product)
2. advertisement

強大〔强-〕 koeng⁴ daai⁶ {qiáng dà}

1. large
2. formidable
3. powerful
4. strong

強隊〔强队〕 koeng⁴ deoi⁶ {qiáng duì}

a powerful team (sports)

強敵〔强敌〕 koeng⁴ dik⁶ {qiáng dí}

powerful enemy

強調〔强调〕 koeng⁴ diu⁶ {qiáng diào}

1. to emphasize (a statement)
2. to stress

強檔〔强档〕 koeng⁴ dong³ {qiáng dàng}

prime time

強度〔强-〕 koeng⁴ dou⁶ {qiáng dù}

1. strength
2. intensity
3. CL: 個

強盜〔强盗〕 koeng⁴ dou⁶ {qiáng dào}

1. to rob (with force)
2. bandit
3. robber
4. CL: 個

強化〔强-〕 koeng⁴ faa³ {qiáng huà}

1. to strengthen
2. to intensify

強風〔强风〕 koeng⁴ fung¹ {qiáng fēng}

strong breeze (meteorology)

強姦〔强奸〕 koeng⁴ gaan¹ {qiáng jiān}

to rape

強鹼〔强碱〕 koeng⁴ gaan² {qiáng jiǎn}

strong alkali

強健〔强-〕 koeng⁴ gin⁶ {qiáng jiàn}

sturdy

強勁〔强劲〕 koeng⁴ ging⁶ {qiáng jìng}

1. strong
2. powerful
3. robust

強幹〔强干〕 koeng⁴ gon³ {qiáng gàn}

1. competent
2. capable

強攻〔强-〕 koeng⁴ gung¹ {qiáng gōng}

1. dominant
2. controlling
3. strong
4. opposite: weak, yielding 弱受
5. to take by storm (military)

強國〔强国〕 koeng⁴ gwok³ {qiáng guó}

1. powerful country
2. great power

強悍〔强-〕 koeng⁴ hon⁶ {qiáng hàn}

valiant

強項〔强项〕 koeng⁴ hong⁶ {qiáng xiàng}

1. key strength
2. strong suit
3. specialty

強弱〔强-〕 koeng⁴ joek⁶ {qiáng ruò}

1. strong or weak
2. intensity
3. amount of force or pressure

強如〔强-〕 koeng⁴ jyu⁴ {qiáng rú}

to be better than

強權〔强权〕 koeng⁴ kyun⁴ {qiáng quán}

1. power
2. might

強拉〔强-〕 koeng⁴ laai¹ {qiǎng lā}

1. to drag (sb) along (to a place)
2. to yank

強流〔强-〕 koeng⁴ lau⁴ {qiáng liú}

high current (e.g. electric)

強力〔强-〕 koeng⁴ lik⁶ {qiáng lì}

powerful

強烈〔强-〕 koeng⁴ lit⁶ {qiáng liè}

1. intense
2. (violently) strong

強梁〔强-〕 koeng⁴ loeng⁴ {qiáng liáng}

1. ruffian
2. bully

強硬〔强-〕 koeng⁴ ngaang⁶ {qiáng yìng}

1. tough
2. unyielding
3. hard-line

強韌〔强韧〕 koeng⁴ ngan⁶ {qiáng rèn}

1. resilient
2. tough and strong

強勢〔强势〕 koeng⁴ sai³ {qiáng shì}

1. strong
2. powerful
3. (linguistics) emphatic
4. intensive

強身〔强-〕 koeng⁴ san¹ {qiáng shēn}

1. to strengthen one's body
2. to keep fit
3. to build up one's health (through exercise, nutrition etc)

強生〔强-〕 koeng⁴ sang¹ {Qiáng shēng}

1. Johnson (surname)
2. Johnson & Johnson (company)

強盛〔强-〕 koeng⁴ sing⁶ {qiáng shèng}

rich and powerful

強橫〔强横〕 koeng⁴ waang⁴ {qiáng hèng}

1. surly and unreasoning
2. bullying
3. tyrannical

強震〔强-〕 koeng⁴ zan³ {qiáng zhèn}

1. powerful earthquake
2. abbr. for 強烈地震

強子〔强-〕 koeng⁴ zi² {qiáng zǐ}

hadron (particle physics)

強佔〔强占〕 koeng⁴ zim³ {qiáng zhàn}

to occupy by force

強壯〔强壮〕 koeng⁴ zong³ {qiáng zhuàng}

1. strong
2. sturdy
3. robust

強迫〔强-〕 koeng⁵ bik¹ {qiǎng pò}

1. to compel
2. to force

強辯〔强辩〕 koeng⁵ bin⁶ {qiǎng biàn}

1. to argue strenuously or with sophistry
2. to quibble

強加〔强-〕 koeng⁵ gaa¹ {qiáng jiā}

1. to impose
2. to force upon

強行〔强-〕 koeng⁵ hang⁴ {qiáng xíng}

1. to force
2. to break

強忍〔强-〕 koeng⁵ jan² {qiáng rěn}

to resist (with great difficulty)

強求〔强-〕 koeng⁵ kau⁴ {qiǎng qiú}

1. to force sb to do sth
2. to importune
3. to demand insistently
4. insistence

強令〔强-〕 koeng⁵ ling⁶ {qiáng lìng}

1. to order by force
2. peremptory

強使〔强-〕 koeng⁵ si² {qiáng shǐ}

1. to force
2. to oblige

強制〔强-〕 koeng⁵ zai³ {qiáng zhì}

1. to enforce
2. enforcement
3. forcibly
4. compulsory

強嘴〔强-〕 koeng⁵ zeoi² {jiàng zuǐ}

1. to talk back
2. to reply defiantly

強徵〔强征〕 koeng⁵ zing¹ {qiǎng zhēng}

1. to press into service
2. to impress
3. to commandeer

強制性〔强--〕 koeng⁵ zai³ sing³ {qiáng zhì xìng}

adj; mandatory, compellent

強積金〔强积-〕 koeng⁵ zik¹ gam¹ {qiáng jī jīn}

Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF)

強迫症〔强--〕 koeng⁴ bik¹ {qiǎng pò zhèng}

obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

強迫性〔强--〕 koeng⁴ bik¹ sing³ {qiǎng pò xìng}

1. compulsive
2. obsessive

強姦犯〔强奸-〕 koeng⁴ gaan¹ faan² {qiáng jiān fàn}

rapist

強姦罪〔强奸-〕 koeng⁴ gaan¹ zeoi⁶ {qiáng jiān zuì}

rape

強有力〔强--〕 koeng⁴ jau⁵ lik⁶ {qiáng yǒu lì}

1. strong
2. forceful

強力膠〔强-胶〕 koeng⁴ lik⁶ gaau¹ {qiáng lì jiāo}

superglue

強硬派〔强--〕 koeng⁴ ngaang⁶ paai³ {qiáng yìng pài}

1. hardline faction
2. hawks

強心劑〔强-剂〕 koeng⁴ sam¹ zai¹ {qiáng xīn jì}

cardiac stimulant

強心針〔强-针〕 koeng⁴ sam¹ zam¹ {qiáng xīn zhēn}

1. heart-strengthening shot
2. fig. a shot in the arm

強作用〔强--〕 koeng⁴ zok³ jung⁶ {qiáng zuò yòng}

strong interaction (governing hadrons in nuclear physics)

強迫教育〔强---〕 koeng⁵ bik¹ gaau³ juk⁶ {qiáng pò jiào yù}

Compulsory education

強加於人〔强-于-〕 koeng⁵ gaa¹ jyu¹ jan⁴ {qiáng jiā yú rén}

to impose one's opinion, idea, will on someone

強制執行〔强-执-〕 koeng⁵ zai³ zap¹ hang⁴ {qiáng zhì zhí xíng}

to enforce

強迫觀念〔强-观-〕 koeng⁴ bik¹ gun¹ nim⁶ {qiǎng pò guān niàn}

1. compelling notion
2. obsession

強迫勞動〔强-劳动〕 koeng⁴ bik¹ lou⁴ dung⁶ {qiǎng pò láo dòng}

forced labor (as punishment in criminal case)

強輻射區〔强辐-区〕 koeng⁴ fuk¹ se⁶ keoi¹ {qiáng fú shè qū}

radioactive hot spot

強腳樹鶯〔强脚树莺〕 koeng⁴ goek³ syu⁶ ang¹ {qiáng jiǎo shù yīng}

(Chinese bird species) brown-flanked bush warbler (Horornis fortipes)

強音踏板〔强---〕 koeng⁴ jam¹ daap⁶ baan² {qiáng yīn tà bǎn}

1. loud pedal (on piano)
2. sustaining pedal

強烈反對〔强--对〕 koeng⁴ lit⁶ faan² deoi³ {qiáng liè fǎn duì}

1. to oppose strongly
2. violently opposed to

強烈願望〔强-愿-〕 koeng⁴ lit⁶ jyun⁶ mong⁶ {qiáng liè yuàn wàng}

intense desire

強硬立場〔强--场〕 koeng⁴ ngaang⁶ laap⁶ coeng⁴ {qiáng yìng lì chǎng}

tough position

強硬態度〔强-态-〕 koeng⁴ ngaang⁶ taai³ dou⁶ {qiáng yìng tài dù}

unyielding attitude

強弩之末〔强---〕 koeng⁴ nou⁵ zi¹ mut⁶ {qiáng nǔ zhī mò}

1. lit. an arrow at the end of its flight (idiom)
2. fig. spent force

強生公司〔强---〕 koeng⁴ sang¹ gung¹ si¹ {Qiáng shēng Gōng sī}

Johnson & Johnson

強作用力〔强---〕 koeng⁴ zok³ jung⁶ lik⁶ {qiáng zuò yòng lì}

the strong force (in nuclear physics)

強辯到底〔强辩--〕 koeng⁵ bin⁶ dou³ dai² {qiǎng biàn dào dǐ}

1. to argue endlessly
2. to try to have the last word

強詞奪理〔强词夺-〕 koeng⁵ ci⁴ dyut⁶ lei⁵ {qiǎng cí duó lǐ}

1. to twist words and force logic (idiom)
2. sophistry
3. loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument
4. shoving false arguments down people's throats

強忍悲痛〔强---〕 koeng⁵ jan² bei¹ tung³ {qiáng rěn bēi tòng}

to try hard to suppress one's grief (idiom)

強人所難〔强--难〕 koeng⁵ jan⁴ so² naan⁴ {qiǎng rén suǒ nán}

to force someone to do something

強買強賣〔强买强卖〕 koeng⁵ maai⁵ koeng⁵ maai⁶ {qiǎng mǎi qiǎng mài}

1. to force sb to buy or sell
2. to trade using coercion

強相互作用〔强----〕 koeng⁴ soeng¹ wu⁶ zok³ jung⁶ {qiáng xiāng hù zuò yòng}

1. strong interaction (in particle physics)
2. strong force

強迫性儲物症〔强--储--〕 koeng⁴ bik¹ sing³ cyu⁵ mat⁶ zing³ {qiǎng pò xìng chǔ wù zhèng}

compulsive hoarding

強迫性性行為〔强----为〕 koeng⁴ bik¹ sing³ sing³ hang⁴ wai⁴ {qiǎng pò xìng xìng xíng wéi}

sexual obsession

強直性脊柱炎〔强-----〕 koeng⁴ zik⁶ sing³ zek³ cyu⁵ jim⁴ {qiáng zhí xìng jǐ zhù yán}

1. ankylosing spondylitis
2. Bechterew’s disease

強龍不壓地頭蛇〔强龙-压-头-〕 koeng⁴ lung⁴ bat¹ aat³ dei⁶ tau⁴ se⁴ {qiáng lóng bù yā dì tóu shé}

lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom); fig. a local gangster who is above the law

強將手下無弱兵〔强将--无--〕 koeng⁴ zoeng³ sau² haa⁶ mou⁴ joek⁶ bing¹ {qiáng jiàng shǒu xià wú ruò bīng}

there are no poor soldiers under a good general (idiom)

強中自有強中手〔强---强--〕 koeng⁴ zung¹ zi⁶ jau⁵ koeng⁴ zung¹ sau² {qiáng zhōng zì yǒu qiáng zhōng shǒu}

1. However strong you are, there is always someone stronger
2. There is always sth more to learn (applied to art or learning).
3. Never be satisfied to rest on you laurels.
4. There is no room for complacency.