頑 [顽]

Jyutping waan4
Pinyin wán

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. mischievous
  2. obstinate
  3. to play
  4. stupid
  5. stubborn
  6. naughty
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. mischievous/obstinate/to play/stupid/stubborn/naughty/stubborn/dense/dull/adamant/resolute
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語素
    固執​；​唔​改變
    stubborn
    • 頑固
      顽固
      waan4 gu3
      stubborn
    • 頑強
      顽强
      waan4 koeng4
      persistent
  2. 語素
    細路​仔曳​、​百厭
    (of children) mischievous; ill-behaved
    • 頑皮
      顽皮
      waan4 pei4
      naughty
    • 老頑童
      老顽童
      lou5 waan4 tung4
      kidult
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    naughty; mischievous
    • 頑皮
      顽皮
      wán pí
      naughty; mischievous
  2. character
    stupid; ignorant
    • 頑昧
      顽昧
      wán mèi
      ignorant; benighted
  3. character
    obstinate; stubborn; recalcitrant
    • 頑抗
      顽抗
      wán kàng
      to stubbornly resist
    • 頑強
      顽强
      wán qiáng
      staunch; tenacious
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. obstinate, stubborn
  2. recalcitrant
  3. Cangjie Input - Traditional
    MUMBC
  4. Cangjie Input - Simplified
    XMUMB
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 六级汉字表 #224
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    顽皮的小男孩爱他的爸爸。
    頑皮的小男孩愛他的爸爸。
    wán pí de xiǎo nán hái ài tā de bà ba 。
    • The mischievous son loved his dad.
  2. Mandarin
    他年纪越大变得越顽固。
    他年紀越大變得越頑固。
    tā nián jì yuè dà biàn dé yuè wán gù 。
    • He became more obstinate as he grew older.
  3. Mandarin
    尽管受到暴君的迫害，英雄还顽强地斗争。
    儘管受到暴君的迫害，英雄還頑強地鬥爭。
    jǐn guǎn shòu dào bào jūn de pò hài ， yīng xióng hái wán qiáng dì dòu zhēng 。
    • In spite of the tyrant’s persecution, the hero valiantly carried on the struggle.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    顽强斗志
    頑強鬥志
    waan4 koeng4 dau3 zi3
    • indomitable spirit
  2. Cantonese
    曱甴嘅生命力好顽强。
    曱甴嘅生命力好頑強。
    gaat6 zaat2 ge3 sang1 ming4 lik6 hou2 waan4 koeng4.
    • Cockroaches are hard to kill. They have strong vitality.
  3. Cantonese
    冥顽不灵
    冥頑不靈
    • silly and clumsy
  4. Cantonese
    我爷爷好顽固，唔肯听人讲。
    我爺爺好頑固，唔肯聽人講。
    ngo5 je4 je2 hou2 waan4 gu3, m4 hang2 teng1 jan4 gong2.
    • My grandfather is stubborn and never listens to others.
  5. Cantonese
    清除顽固污渍
    清除頑固污漬
    cing1 ceoi4 waan4 gu3 wu1 zik1
    • to remove stubborn stains
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    冥顽不灵
    冥頑不靈
    míng wán bù líng
    • obstinate and ignorant
  2. Mandarin
    顽固
    頑固
    wán gù
    • stubborn
  3. Mandarin
    资产阶级顽固派完全不知道历史的变化，其知识的贫乏几等于零。
    資產階級頑固派完全不知道歷史的變化，其知識的貧乏幾等於零。
    zī chǎn jiē jí wán gù pài wán quán bù zhī dào lì shǐ de biàn huà ， qí zhī shi de pín fá jī děng yú líng ．
    • The bourgeois die-hards have no understanding whatsoever of historical change; their knowledge is so poor that it is practically nonexistent.
  4. Mandarin
    顽皮
    頑皮
    wán pí
    • naughty; mischievous
  5. Mandarin
    顽昧
    頑昧
    wán mèi
    • ignorant; benighted