生硬

Chinese

 
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
 
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

生硬 (-na inflection, hiragana せいこう, rōmaji seikō, historical hiragana せいかう)

  1. crude

Inflection

Noun

生硬 (hiragana せいこう, rōmaji seikō, historical hiragana せいかう)

  1. crudeness

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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