# 僵化 (jiānghuà)

In Mandarin Chinese, 僵化 (jiānghuà) means “to become rigid; ossified”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to become rigid; ossified
- Pinyin: jiānghuà (jiang1 hua4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 我们的思维不能僵化。
  Wǒmen de sīwéi bùnéng jiānghuà.
  Our thinking must not become rigid.

## Characters

- [僵](https://hanziro.com/word/jiang-stiff/) (jiāng): stiff; numb
- [化](https://hanziro.com/word/hua-melt/) (huà): to melt; to change into

https://hanziro.com/word/jiang-hua-become-rigid/

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