硬核

Chinese

		hard; stiff; strong hard; stiff; strong; firm	nuclear; atomic; stone (of fruit)
simp. and trad. (硬核)		硬	核

Etymology

Calque of English hardcore.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìnghé

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˋ ㄏㄜˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìnghé
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìnghé
    • Wade–Giles: ying⁴-ho²
    • Yale: yìng-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinqher
    • Palladius: инхэ (inxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìnghér
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ ㄏㄜˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìnghér
    • Wade–Giles: ying⁴-ho²-ʼrh
    • Yale: yìng-hér
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinqher'l
    • Palladius: инхэр (inxɛr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵¹ xɤɻ³⁵/

Adjective

1. (neologism, slang) hardcore

   硬核玩家  ―  yìnghé wánjiā  ―  hardcore gamer