鋼 is the Chinese character and Japanese Kanji for steel (as in iron mixed with carbon and other elements to make it stronger).

This can also be the name Hagane in Japanese. Like Mr. Steel in English. It can also be pronounced as Tsuyoshi or Kou when used as a personal or given name in Japan.

成龍 is the Chinese and Japanese stage name of Jackie Chan, a Kung Fu film and Cantonese pop star icon.

His birth name was 陳港生 (romanized as Chan Kong-sang or Can Gong-sang in Cantonese, or Chén Gǎng-shēng in Mandarin.

金剛 can translate as adamantine from Chinese, Japanese, and old Korean.

Other meanings and translations can include diamond, thunderbolt, Indra's indestructible weapon, a Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth, Vajra (a mythical weapon), guardian deity, hardness, indestructibility, power, the least frangible of minerals.

The Chinese pronunciation of “Jīn Gāng” became the loanword used in English as “King Kong.” You can see King Kong as the indestructible ape guardian deity depending on how you read the story.

剛果 is how to write Congo in Chinese.

In Japanese, this does not mean Congo but is a word that means valor and decisiveness.

剛柔 is a term that means hardness and softness or hard and soft.

剛柔 is also the Chinese character origin of the martial arts style known as Cương Nhu.

Cương Nhu or Cuong Nhu was founded by Grandmaster Ngo Dong in 1965 in Hue, Vietnam, and brought to the U.S. in 1971.

剛 means hard, firm, strong, and just.
柔 means soft, flexible, supple, yielding, softness, and/or gentleness.

Until it was romanized in the mid-17th century by Portuguese missionaries with later influence by French missionaries, Vietnamese was exclusively written in Chinese characters. With some research, you can still figure out the original way to write most Vietnamese words and titles in Chinese characters. That is what I did here to figure out that Cuong Nhu would have been 剛柔 if established in ancient Vietnam.

Same characters are used in Japanese for various Goju schools of Okinawan martial arts, though not the same lineage as the Vietnamese style described above.

金剛 is a common way to call diamonds in Chinese and Japanese.

Traditionally, there were not that many diamonds that made their way to Asia, so this word does not have the deep cultural significance that it does in the west (thanks mostly to De Beers' marketing). Therefore, this word was kind of borrowed from other uses.

This title can also refer to vajra (a Sanskrit word meaning both thunderbolt and diamond that originally refers to an indestructible substance); hard metal; pupa of certain insects; Vajrapani, Buddha's warrior attendant; King Kong; adamantine; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth.

剛毅 is a Japanese and Chinese word that means resolute and firm, fortitude, firmness of character, hardihood, manliness, or macho.

See Also:  Perseverance | Strength | Tenacity

岡特 is the name Gunter in Chinese (Mandarin).

岡瑟 is the most common transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the name Gunther.

This is the Chinese and Japanese name for the Special Administrative Region (SAR) of The Peoples Republic of China known as Hong Kong (formerly a British administrated territory).

The romanization “Hong Kong” is probably a British approximation of the Cantonese pronunciation for this land.

See Also:  Great Britain | China | Macao | Taiwan | Singapore | Japan | Vietnam | Korea | Asia

鋼琴 is how to write piano in Chinese.

岡寧 is the name Gunning in Chinese (Mandarin).

剛術 can be translated as “Gojutsu.”

剛 = Hard/strong.

術 = Art/technique.

剛道 can be translated as “Godo,” or “The Hard Way.”

This is the Chinese name for the country of Gambia.

See Also:  Africa

岡薩加 is the name Gonzaga in Chinese (Mandarin).

大鋼琴 is how to write grand piano in Chinese.

鋼鐵俠 is the Chinese title for Iron Man, the comic book superhero.

俄勒岡 is the name Oregon in Chinese (Mandarin).

This is the title for Vajrayāna Buddhism in Chinese and Japanese.

Vajrayāna is the diamond vehicle or adamantine vehicle.

Sometimes referred to as 密教 or esoteric Buddhism.

萊博岡 is the name Lebogang in Chinese (Mandarin).

岡德森 is the name Gunderson in Chinese (Mandarin).

This is a common transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the surname Gonzales.

This is a common transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the surname Gonzalez.

愛崗敬業 is used to refer to someone who puts forth maximum effort and achieves much.

We might call this kind of person a “go-getter” in English.

See Also:  Dedication | Tenacious | Devotion

以柔克剛 can be translated as “Softness Overcomes Hardness,” “Flexibility Overcomes Power,” “Flexibility Overcomes Strength,” “Overcoming Powerful Strength with Flexibility,” or “Use Softness to Conquer Strength.”

梵蒂岡城 is the Chinese name for Vatican City, the capital of the Holy See.

沃爾夫岡 is the name Wolfgang in Chinese (Mandarin).

剛柔協会 is “Goju-Kyokai,” which can be translated as “Goju Association.”

剛柔 = Hard and soft, or balanced power and yielding (Goju).

協会 = Association (Kyokai).

剛健勇猛 can be translated as “Strong and brave.”

剛健 = Strong and healthy, or robust spirit/body.

勇猛 = Valor, fierce, and/or courage.

剛柔武道 can be translated as “Goju Martial Arts,” or “Goju Martial Way.”

剛柔 = Hard and soft or balanced power and yielding.

武道 = Martial way, martial arts, or an ethical/lifelong path of training.

剛柔道場 can be translated as “Goju Dojo,” or “Soft-Hard Training Hall.”

金剛不壞 is originally a Buddhist term for “The diamond indestructible.”

Sometimes, it's written 金剛不壞身, The diamond-indestructible body.

Outside that context, it still means firm and solid, sturdy and indestructible, unshakable, or adamantine (a mythological indestructible material).

Note: If you order this from the Japanese master calligrapher, the last Kanji will look like the one shown to the right.

剛果民主共和國 is the Chinese title for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

百煉才成鋼 / 百煉纔成鋼 literally translates as: Only after much tempering is steel produced.

Figuratively, this means: True character must be tested in hardship.

This is a mild form of saying, “Whatever doesn't kill me, makes me stronger.”

This is a martial arts phrase that roughly translates as, “Fierce and courageous training defeats the strong and protects the body,” or “Brave and fierce training result in victory over the strong and defend the body.”

Here is the full translation of Joshua 1:9 into Chinese.

The text with punctuation:
我岂没有吩咐你吗？你当刚强壮胆。不要惧怕，也不要惊惶。因为你无论往哪里去，耶和华你的神必与你同在。 Hand-painted calligraphy does not retain punctuation.

This translation comes from the 1919 Chinese Union Bible.

For reference, from the KJV, this reads, “Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.”