# 生硬 (shēngyìng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 生硬 (shēngyìng) means “stiff; rigid; unnatural”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: stiff; rigid; unnatural
- Pinyin: shēngyìng (sheng1 ying4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他的脸色看起来有点儿生硬。
  Tā de liǎnsè kàn qǐlái yǒudiǎnr shēngyìng.
  His facial expression looked a bit stiff.

## Characters

- [生](https://hanziro.com/word/sheng-be-born/) (shēng): to be born; raw
- [硬](https://hanziro.com/word/ying-hard/) (yìng): hard; (fig.) strong

https://hanziro.com/word/sheng-ying-stiff/

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