硬核

yìnghé

adjective

Meanings

1 hardcore
2 hard-core
3 serious / no-nonsense

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

这是一款硬核射击游戏。

Zhè shì yì kuǎn yìnghé shèjī yóuxì.

This is a hardcore shooter game.

HSK 7-9

他是硬核摇滚乐迷。

Tā shì yìnghé yáogǔnyuè mí.

He's a hardcore rock music fan.

HSK 7-9

爷爷硬核养生，每天跑十公里。

Yéye yìnghé yǎngshēng, měitiān pǎo shí gōnglǐ.

Grandpa is hardcore about health - he runs ten kilometers a day.

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Calque of English 'hardcore'. It started in gaming and music, then spread online to mean anything intense, uncompromising, or impressively extreme - 硬核老奶奶 (badass granny), 硬核劝退 (brutally frank advice).

Stroke Order

硬 yìng

核 hé