| 固执 | gù zhí | obstinate / stubborn / to fixate on / to cling to |   |
| 倔强 | jué jiàng | stubborn / obstinate / unbending | |
| 顽固 | wán gù | stubborn / obstinate | |
| 死硬 | sǐ yìng | stiff / rigid / obstinate | |
| 顽 |  wán | mischievous / obstinate / to play / stupid / stubborn / naughty | |
| 愎 | bì | perverse / obstinate / willful | |
| 硁 | kēng | obstinate | |
| 紾 | zhěn | crooked / obstinate / twist a cord | |
| 繣 | huà | obstinate / perverse | |
| 深闭固拒 | shēn bì gù jù | deep, closed and refusing (idiom) / obstinate / stubborn and perverse | |
| 死心眼儿 | sǐ xīn yǎn r | stubborn / obstinate / having a one-track mind | |
| 拧巴 | nǐng ba | (dialect) awkward / uncomfortable / (dialect) obstinate / contrary / argumentative | |
| 硜 | kēng | obstinate | |
| 硻 | kēng | obstinate | |
| 认死理 | rèn sǐ lǐ | obstinate / opinionated | |
| 顽梗 | wán gěng | obstinate / stubborn / pig-headed | |
| 牛脖子 | niú bó zi | (coll.) bullheaded / obstinate | |
| 铁齿 | tiě chǐ | (Tw) obstinate / argumentative / opinionated / skeptical of superstitions (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [thih-khí]) | |
| □ | gīng | uptight / obstinate / to awkwardly force oneself to do sth (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [king], often written as ㄍㄧㄥ, no generally accepted hanzi form) | |
| 凿死铆子 | záo sǐ mǎo zi | (dialect) stubborn / obstinate / inflexible | |
| 桀骜不驯 | jié ào bù xùn | arrogant and obstinate (idiom) / unyielding | |
| 刚愎自用 | gāng bì zì yòng | obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom) | |
| 锢 | gù | obstinate disease / to restrain / to stop | |
| 痼 | gù | obstinate disease / (of passion, hobbies) long-term | |
| 迕 | wǔ | obstinate, perverse | |
| 死不改悔 | sǐ bù gǎi huǐ | not to repent even facing death (idiom) / unrepentant / very obstinate | |
| 冥顽 | míng wán | stupidly obstinate | |
| 啎 | wǔ | obstinate, disobedient, intractable | |
