硬度

yìngdù
noun #40,842

Meanings

  1. 1 hardness

Examples

HSK 7-9
Zuànshí shì yìngdù zuì gāo de tiānrán kuàngwù.
Diamond is the hardest natural mineral.
HSK 7-9
Zhèli de shuǐ yìngdù gāo, shāoshuǐhú lǐ hěnkuài jiù jié le yì céng shuǐgòu.
The water here is hard, and a layer of scale soon builds up in the kettle.

Tips

usage
度 turns a quality into its measure: 温度 temperature, 湿度 humidity, 硬度 hardness. Minerals are ranked on the Mohs scale, 莫氏硬度, from talc at 1 to diamond at 10.

Stroke Order

硬 yìng
度 dù