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強 is a character that means strong, strength, force, powerful, better, stubborn, and stiff (yes, all of this in one character).
This “strong” has less to do with physical strength and more to do with having a winning attitude, or just having the ability to win at something.
Note that most of the time, this character is pronounced “qiang” but when used with the meaning of stubborn, unyielding, or stiff, it is pronounced “jiang” in Chinese.
Also, sometimes “qiang” is used in modern Chinese to describe people that do crazy things (For example: Bicycling from Beijing to Tibet alone). I sometimes can be found outside my Beijing apartment wearing nothing but shorts and a tee-shirt while eating ice cream during a snow storm, just to hear my neighbors call me “qiang.” Maybe they mean “strong” but perhaps they are using the new meaning of “crazy strong.”
強 can also be a Chinese surname that romanizes as Jiang in the mainland or Chiang if from Taiwan.
強 is a valid Korean Hanja character with the same meaning but is mostly used in compound Korean words.
強 is used in Japanese (though normally in compound words). In Japanese, it has the same meaning but in some contexts can mean “a little more than...” or “a little over [some amount].” Most Japanese would read this as tough, strength, stiff, hard, inflexible, obstinate, or stubborn.
The variant 彊 is sometimes seen in older literature.
These search terms might be related to Apartment:
Having High Principles
High Mountain Long River
Overcome / Surpass / Rise Above
Phoenix Rise From the Ashes
Rise and Fall / Ups and Downs
Rise Up With Thrift and Diligence
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your apartment search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
幃 帏 see styles |
wéi wei2 wei |
curtain; women's apartment; tent |
1K see styles |
wankee ワンケー |
(See K・ケー・8) apartment with one bedroom and a kitchen |
1R see styles |
wanaaru; wan aaru / wanaru; wan aru ワンアール; ワン・アール |
(See ワンルーム) one room apartment; studio apartment |
住戸 see styles |
juuko / juko じゅうこ |
dwelling unit (esp. in apartment block, etc.); (surname) Sumido |
入居 see styles |
nyuukyo / nyukyo にゅうきょ |
(n,vs,vi) moving in (to a house, apartment, etc.); taking up residence; (surname) Irii |
公住 see styles |
koujuu / koju こうじゅう |
apartment house built by the Japan Housing Corporation |
公寓 see styles |
gōng yù gong1 yu4 kung yü |
apartment building; block of flats (may be a public housing block or a condominium etc) (CL:套[tao4]) |
号室 see styles |
goushitsu / goshitsu ごうしつ |
(suffix) suffix for room numbers; suffix for apartment numbers |
団地 see styles |
danchi だんち |
multi-unit apartments; apartment complex |
套房 see styles |
tào fáng tao4 fang2 t`ao fang tao fang |
small room opening off another; inner room; suite; apartment; flat; (Tw) room with private bathroom |
套間 套间 see styles |
tào jiān tao4 jian1 t`ao chien tao chien |
vestibule; small inner room (opening to others); suite; apartment |
寮房 see styles |
liáo fáng liao2 fang2 liao fang ryōbō |
hut; simple dwelling; monk's hut monk's apartment |
居室 see styles |
jū shì ju1 shi4 chü shih kyoshitsu きょしつ |
room; apartment living room |
房子 see styles |
fáng zi fang2 zi5 fang tzu fusashi ふさし |
house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room; CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1] (given name) Fusashi |
拼客 see styles |
pīn kè pin1 ke4 p`in k`o pin ko |
person who joins with others to reduce costs (carpooling, group buying, sharing an apartment etc) |
期房 see styles |
qī fáng qi1 fang2 ch`i fang chi fang |
forward delivery apartment; unfinished housing to be paid for in advance by the buyer and then completed within certain time frame |
樓花 楼花 see styles |
lóu huā lou2 hua1 lou hua |
apartment building offered for sale before construction is completed; off-plan property |
残戸 see styles |
zanko ざんこ |
unsold apartment (usu. newly built); remaining apartments (unsold) |
現房 现房 see styles |
xiàn fáng xian4 fang2 hsien fang |
finished apartment; ready apartment |
租房 see styles |
zū fáng zu1 fang2 tsu fang |
to rent an apartment |
組屋 组屋 see styles |
zǔ wū zu3 wu1 tsu wu kumiya くみや |
HDB flats; public apartment flats (in Singapore and Malaysia) (surname) Kumiya |
自有 see styles |
zì yǒu zi4 you3 tzu yu jiu |
(I, they etc) of course have (a plan, a way etc); one's own (apartment, brand etc) self-existent |
躍層 跃层 see styles |
yuè céng yue4 ceng2 yüeh ts`eng yüeh tseng |
duplex (apartment) |
部屋 see styles |
heya へや |
(1) room; chamber; (2) apartment; flat; pad; (3) (abbreviation) {sumo} (See 相撲部屋) stable; (place-name, surname) Heya |
鐵窗 铁窗 see styles |
tiě chuāng tie3 chuang1 t`ieh ch`uang tieh chuang |
window with an iron grating (apartment etc); barred window of a prison cell |
1DK see styles |
wan dii kee; wandiikee(sk) / wan di kee; wandikee(sk) ワン・ディー・ケー; ワンディーケー(sk) |
(See DK・1) apartment with one bedroom and a combined dining room and kitchen |
コーボ see styles |
koopo コーポ |
(abbreviation) (See コーポラス) apartment building; block of flats; condominium; (personal name) Cobo |
三默堂 see styles |
sān mò táng san1 mo4 tang2 san mo t`ang san mo tang san mokudō |
Thee three halls of silence where talk and laughter are prohibited: the bathroom, the sleeping apartment, the privy. |
入居者 see styles |
nyuukyosha / nyukyosha にゅうきょしゃ |
tenant (esp. of an apartment); occupant; resident (e.g. of a nursing home) |
公寓樓 公寓楼 see styles |
gōng yù lóu gong1 yu4 lou2 kung yü lou |
apartment building; CL:座[zuo4] |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Strong Powerful Force | 強 强 | kyou / kyo | qiáng / qiang2 / qiang | ch`iang / chiang |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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All of our calligraphy wall scrolls are handmade.
When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
Check out my lists of Japanese Kanji Calligraphy Wall Scrolls and Old Korean Hanja Calligraphy Wall Scrolls.
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