硬是

yìngshì
  1. just
  2. simply
  3. stubbornly
  4. really

CEDICT

  1. actually (accomplishing something extremely difficult)
  2. just; simply

Wiktionary

  1. 实在是、真的是。
  2. 就是。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 硬 yìng
  1. hard; stiff; solid
  2. (fig.) strong; firm
  3. resolutely; uncompromisingly
  4. laboriously; with great difficulty
  5. good (quality); able (person)
  6. (of food) filling; substantial
=2 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=2 是 shì variant of 是 shì

Related entries

允 yǔn
  1. just
  2. fair
  3. to permit
  4. to allow
刚好 gānghǎo
  1. just
  2. exactly
  3. to happen to be
他刚好准时到校。

He arrived at school exactly on time.

Source: Tatoeba

正好 zhènghǎo
  1. just (in time)
  2. just right
  3. just enough
  4. to happen to
  5. to chance to
  6. by chance
  7. it just so happens that
后天正好礼拜日。

The day after tomorrow is Sunday.

Source: Tatoeba

光是 guāngshì
  1. solely
  2. just
他光是嫁祸于人家。

He is just passing the blame onto others.

Source: Tatoeba

只管 zhǐguǎn
  1. solely engrossed in one thing
  2. just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest)
  3. simply
  4. by all means
  5. please feel free
  6. do not hesitate (to ask for sth)
你有什么话，只管说。

Whatever words you have, just say them.

Source: Tatoeba

View more