| 堅 | [ jiān ] strong, solid, firm, unyielding, resolute |
| 堅不可摧 | [ jiān bù kě cuī ] invulnerable, indestructible, impregnable |
| 堅信 | [ jiān xìn ] to believe firmly, without any doubt |
| 堅信禮 | [ jiān xìn lǐ ] confirmation (Christian ceremony) |
| 堅冰 | [ jiān bīng ] ice, (fig.) frosty relationship |
| 堅固 | [ jiān gù ] firm, firmly, hard, stable |
| 堅固性 | [ jiān gù xìng ] firmness |
| 堅執 | [ jiān zhí ] to persist, to continue upholding, to persevere, to stick to sth, stubborn |
| 堅壁 | [ jiān bì ] to cache, to hide supplies (from the enemy) |
| 堅壁清野 | [ jiān bì qīng yě ] to fortify defenses and raze the fields (idiom); to leave nothing for the invader, scorched earth policy |
| 堅如磐石 | [ jiān rú pán shí ] solid as a boulder (idiom); absolutely secure, rock-firm and unyielding |
| 堅守 | [ jiān shoǔ ] to hold fast to, to stick to |
| 堅定 | [ jiān dìng ] firm, steady, staunch, resolute |
| 堅定不移 | [ jiān dìng bù yí ] unswerving, unflinching |
| 堅定性 | [ jiān dìng xìng ] firmness, steadfastness |
| 堅實 | [ jiān shí ] firm and substantial, solid |
| 堅尼係數 | [ jiān ní xì shù ] see 基尼係數|基尼系数[Ji1 ni2 xi4 shu4] |
| 堅強 | [ jiān qiáng ] staunch, strong |
| 堅強不屈 | [ jiān qiáng bù qū ] staunch and unyielding (idiom); steadfast |
| 堅忍 | [ jiān rěn ] persevering, tenacious |
| 堅忍不拔 | [ jiān rěn bù bá ] fortitude |
| 堅戈 | [ jiān gē ] tenge (Kazakhstan currency) (loanword) |
| 堅持 | [ jiān chí ] to persevere with, to persist in, to insist on |
| 堅持下去 | [ jiān chí xià qù ] to press on |
| 堅持不懈 | [ jiān chí bù xiè ] to persevere unremittingly (idiom); to keep going until the end |
| 堅持不渝 | [ jiān chí bù yú ] to stick to sth without change (idiom); to persevere |
| 堅振 | [ jiān zhèn ] confirmation (Christian ceremony) |
| 堅振禮 | [ jiān zhèn lǐ ] confirmation (Christian ceremony) |
| 堅挺 | [ jiān tǐng ] firm and upright, strong (of currency) |
| 堅明 | [ jiān míng ] to consolidate and clarify |
| 堅果 | [ jiān guǒ ] nut |
| 堅毅 | [ jiān yì ] firm and persistent, unswerving determination |
| 堅決 | [ jiān jué ] firm, resolute, determined |
| 堅牢 | [ jiān laó ] strong, firm |
| 堅硬 | [ jiān yìng ] hard, solid |
| 堅稱 | [ jiān chēng ] to claim, to insist |
| 堅緻 | [ jiān zhì ] robust and fine textured |
| 堅苦卓絕 | [ jiān kǔ zhuó jué ] persisting despite trials and tribulations (idiom); conspicuous determination |
| 堅貞 | [ jiān zhēn ] firm, unswerving, loyal to the end |
| 堅貞不屈 | [ jiān zhēn bù qū ] faithful and unchanging (idiom); steadfast |
| 堅貞不渝 | [ jiān zhēn bù yú ] unyielding integrity (idiom); unwavering |
| 堅韌 | [ jiān rèn ] tough and durable, tenacious |
| 堅韌不拔 | [ jiān rèn bù bá ] firm and indomitable (idiom); tenacious and unyielding |
| ⇒ 中堅 | [ zhōng jiān ] core, nucleus, backbone |
| ⇒ 乘堅策肥 | [ chéng jiān cè feí ] to live in luxury, lit. to ride a solid carriage pulled by fat horses |
| ⇒ 孫堅 | [ sūn jiān ] Sun Jian (155-191), famous general at end of Han dynasty, forerunner of the southern kingdom of Wu of the Three Kingdoms |
| ⇒ 情比金堅 | [ qíng bǐ jīn jiān ] love is more solid than gold (idiom) |
| ⇒ 攻堅 | [ gōng jiān ] to assault a fortified position, (fig.) to concentrate one's efforts on a particularly difficult part of one's mission |
| ⇒ 攻堅克難 | [ gōng jiān kè nán ] to tackle a thorny problem and overcome its challenges |
| ⇒ 楊堅 | [ yáng jiān ] first Sui emperor Yang Jian (541-604), reigned 581-604 |
| ⇒ 歷久彌堅 | [ lì jiǔ mí jiān ] to become more resolute with the passing of time (idiom) |
| ⇒ 比堅尼 | [ bǐ jiān ní ] see 比基尼[bi3 ji1 ni2] |
| ⇒ 澳洲堅果 | [ aò zhoū jiān guǒ ] macadamia nut |
| ⇒ 無堅不摧 | [ wú jiān bù cuī ] no stronghold one cannot overcome (idiom); to conquer every obstacle, nothing one can't do, to carry everything before one |
| ⇒ 窮當益堅 | [ qióng dāng yì jiān ] poor but ambitious (idiom); hard-pressed but determined, the worse one's position, the harder one must fight back |
| ⇒ 美利堅 | [ meǐ lì jiān ] America |
| ⇒ 美利堅合眾國 | [ meǐ lì jiān hé zhòng guó ] United States of America |
| ⇒ 美利堅治世 | [ meǐ lì jiān zhì shì ] Pax Americana |
| ⇒ 苻堅 | [ fú jiān ] Fu Jian (338-385), emperor of Former Qin 前秦[Qian2 Qin2], reigning from 357-385 |
| ⇒ 鑽堅仰高 | [ zuān jiān yǎng gaō ] lit. looking up to it, it gets higher; boring into it, it gets harder (idiom) (from Analects), fig. to delve deeply into one's studies, meticulous and diligent study |
| ⇒ 隋文帝楊堅 | [ suí wén dì yáng jiān ] first Sui emperor (541-604) Yang Jian (541-604), reigned 581-604 |
| ⇒ 黃庭堅 | [ huáng tíng jiān ] Huang Tingjian (1045-1105), Song poet and calligrapher |