| 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 | |
| 刻板 | kè bǎn | stiff / inflexible / mechanical / stubborn / to cut blocks for printing | |
| 执拗 | zhí niù | stubborn / willful / pigheaded / Taiwan pr. [zhi2ao4] | |
| 牛脾气 | niú pí qi | bullheadedness / stubborn | |
| 顽 |  wán | mischievous / obstinate / to play / stupid / stubborn / naughty | |
| 拧 | nìng | stubborn | |
| 拗 | niù | stubborn / perverse / contrary | |
| 冥顽不灵 | míng wán bù líng | stupid / stubborn / pigheaded | |
| 一把死拿 | yī bǎ sǐ ná | stubborn / inflexible | |
| 死心眼儿 | sǐ xīn yǎn r | stubborn / obstinate / having a one-track mind | |
| 一根筋 | yī gēn jīn | stubborn / inflexible / one-track minded | |
| 乖忤 | guāi wǔ | stubborn / contrary / disobedient | |
| 乖迕 | guāi wǔ | stubborn / contrary / disobedient | |
| 坚执 | jiān zhí | to persist / to continue upholding / to persevere / to stick to sth / stubborn | |
| 拘守 | jū shǒu | to hold tight / to cling to / to adhere / stubborn / to detain sb as prisoner | |
| 拘迂 | jū yū | inflexible / stubborn | |
| 认死扣儿 | rèn sǐ kòu r | stubborn | |
| 顽梗 | wán gěng | obstinate / stubborn / pig-headed | |
| 㤘 | zhòu | (dialect) stubborn | |
| 凿死铆子 | záo sǐ mǎo zi | (dialect) stubborn / obstinate / inflexible | |
| 头铁 | tóu tiě | (slang) stubborn / headstrong | |
| 顽疾 | wán jí | stubborn illness / chronic disease / fig. deep-seated problem / systemic issue | |
| 偏执 | piān zhí | extreme and inflexible / fixated / stubborn in clinging to a notion / (psychology) paranoid | |
| 顽劣 | wán liè | stubborn and obstreperous / naughty and mischievous | |
| 愚顽 | yú wán | ignorant and stubborn | |
| 深闭固拒 | shēn bì gù jù | deep, closed and refusing (idiom) / obstinate / stubborn and perverse | |
| 死顽固 | sǐ wán gù | very stubborn / very stubborn person / die-hard | |
| 泥守 | nì shǒu | stubborn and conservative | |
| 迂执 | yū zhí | pedantic and stubborn | |
| 顽而不顾 | wán ér bù gù | to be stubborn and inconsiderate (idiom) | |
