DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

負隅頑抗

简负隅顽抗 · 繁負隅頑抗

Mandarin · pinyin fù yú wán kàng

(idiom) to put up fierce resistance despite being surrounded; to stubbornly refuse to admit defeat

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

負: Look up this written character
隅: yú · corner, nook, remote place
頑: Look up this written character
抗: kàng · resist, oppose, defy, reject
负: fù · load, burden; carry, bear
顽: wán · obstinate, stubborn; recalcitrant

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4–2–2–4 · fu4 yu2 wan2 kang4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

負隅頑抗 · find source passages ↗ · 负隅顽抗 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 1 sense · 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fu6 jyu6 waan4 kong3

Cantonese word readings for 負隅頑抗. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

phrase

(figurative) to make a last-ditch fight (relying on a strategically inaccessible place or other conditions)

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack