加固

Chinese

		to add; plus	hard; strong; solid hard; strong; solid; sure
simp. and trad. (加固)		加	固

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāgù

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄍㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ gu³
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gia¹ gu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāgù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄍㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiagù
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹-ku⁴
    • Yale: jyā-gù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaguh
    • Palladius: цзягу (czjagu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ku⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa¹ gu³
    • Yale: gā gu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ gu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ gu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ kuː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gia¹ gu³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kia kù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kia³³⁻²³ ku²¹³/

Verb

加固

1. to reinforce; to strengthen; to consolidate

Synonyms

• 充實／充实 (chōngshí)
• 加強／加强 (jiāqiáng)
• 堅定／坚定 (jiāndìng)
• 增強／增强 (zēngqiáng)
• 壯／壮
• 壯大／壮大 (zhuàngdà)
• 強化／强化 (qiánghuà)
• 鞏固／巩固 (gǒnggù)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (加固):

• → Vietnamese: gia cố (加固)

See also

• 堅固／坚固 (jiāngù)
• 牢固 (láogù)