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yǒng

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yǒng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yǒng | yong3
English translation
brave
brave, courageous, fierce

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About yǒng

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

yǒng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

strength

Etymology of yǒng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

甬力

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

yǒng

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using yǒng

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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

塞冬则提供 tígōng 骁勇善战 de .

Poseidon offered a strong horse war.

黄继光 de 英勇 yīngyǒng 事迹 shìjì 尽人皆知 jìn rén jiē zhī .

Huang Jiguang's gallant deed is known by all men.

何春 ruí shì wèi 勇气 yǒngqì 十足 shízú 道德 dàodé gǎn 强烈 qiángliè de 学者 xué zhě 作家 zuòjiā .

Josephine Ho is a courageous and ethical scholar and writer.

Words with yǒng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
勇敢 yǒnggǎn brave勇敢 yǒnggǎn
勇气 yǒngqì courage勇氣
yǒng brave yǒng
勇士 yǒng shì a warrior勇士 yǒng shì
英勇 yīngyǒng heroic英勇 yīngyǒng
勇于 yǒngyú to dare to勇於
勇猛 yǒng měng bold and powerful勇猛 yǒng měng
见义勇为 jiànyìyǒngwéi acting heroically in a just cause見義勇為
勇往直前 yǒng wǎng zhí qián to advance bravely勇往直前 yǒng wǎng zhí qián
奋勇 fèn yǒng dauntless奮勇
鼓起勇气 gǔ qǐ yǒng qì to summon one's courage鼓起勇氣
自告奋勇 zì gào fèn yǒng to volunteer for自告奮勇
义勇军 yì yǒng jūn volunteer army義勇軍
义勇 yì yǒng courageous義勇
散兵游勇 sǎn bīng yóu yǒng lit. straggling and disbanded soldiers (idiom); fig. disorganized uncoordinated action散兵遊勇
英勇牺牲 yīng yǒng xī shēng to heroically sacrifice one's life英勇犧牲
白先勇 Bái Xiān yǒng Bai Xianyong (1937-), Chinese-Taiwanese-US novelist of Hui descent白先勇 Bái Xiān yǒng
勇武 yǒng wǔ brave勇武 yǒng wǔ
骁勇善战 xiāo yǒng shàn zhàn to be brave and good at fighting (idiom)驍勇善戰

yǒng Decomposition & Compounds

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yǒng Decomposition

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