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勇敢 yǒnggǎn

勇敢 yǒnggǎn Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 勇敢 yǒnggǎn .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yǒnggǎn | yong3 gan3
English translation
brave
courageous

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Traditional form

勇敢 yǒnggǎn

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí
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Etymology of 勇敢 yǒnggǎn

Familiarize yourself with the origin and historical aspects of the Chinese word 勇敢 yǒnggǎn .

yǒng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and yǒng represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

yǒng

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

甬力

Number of Strokes

9
gǎn

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. zhēng represents the meaning and Gān represents the sound.

Positional decomposition

⿰⿱?耳攵

Number of Strokes

11

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Example sentences using 勇敢 yǒnggǎn

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kuā ér 特夸自己 zìjǐ hěn 勇敢 yǒnggǎn , dàn 遇到 yùdào 危险 wēixiǎn , jiù 显得 xiǎnde 胆怯 dǎnqiè .

He boasted a lot about his courage, but when danger came he showed the white feather.

jiē zhāo 过来 guò lái , 勇敢 yǒnggǎn de Yóu zhāo , 但是 dànshì 我们 wǒmen 担心 dānxīn 水流 shuǐ liú de 力量 lìliang 使 shǐ shǎng le àn 便 biàn 精疲力尽 jīng pí lì jìn le .

Next came a horse, swimming bravely, but we were afraid that the strength of the current would prevent its landing anywhere before it

他们 tā men 虽然 suīrán hěn 勇敢 yǒnggǎn de 努力 nǔlì 抢救 qiǎngjiù , què méi Néng jiù huí 小孩 xiǎo hái de 生命 shēngmìng .

Despite their valiant efforts, they were unable to save the child's life.

勇敢 yǒnggǎn de jiàn 自卫 zì wèi .

She defended herself bravely with her sword.

勇敢 yǒnggǎn de chōng jìn 烈火 liè huǒ 熊熊 xióng xióng de 屋子 wūzi jiù 那个 nà ge 婴孩 yīng hái .

He bravely went into the burning house to rescue the baby.

勇敢 yǒnggǎn Decomposition

See the 7 Chinese characters that make up 勇敢 yǒnggǎn and their own compounds.

勇敢 yǒnggǎn Compounds

See all 19 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 勇敢 yǒnggǎn in their composition.

  • yǒng
    • gǎn
      • yán
        • , yǎn , , , yán , , , , , , , yán
      • hǎn
      • gǎn , hān , gǎn , hǎn , ,
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