HSK 6 · Function Words

勇于 yǒngyú “to have the courage to” in Chinese

Traditional 勇於

What 勇于 means

  1. to have the courage to
  2. to be brave enough to
  3. to dare to

How to say 勇于

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale勇yǒng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale于yú2nd tone, rising

勇于 in a sentence

  1. 我们要勇于承认自己的错误。

    Wǒmen yào yǒngyú chéngrèn zìjǐ de cuòwù.

    We should be brave enough to admit our mistakes.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 年轻人要勇于尝试新事物。

    Niánqīngrén yào yǒngyú chángshì xīn shìwù.

    Young people should be bold enough to try new things.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 勇于 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 勇 (yǒng) with each of its parts in a different colour
勇yǒngbrave
  • 甬path · tǒngSound part
  • 力strength · lìMeaning part

力 hints at the meaning (strength); 甬 (tǒng) hints at the sound. Compare it with yǒng.

The character 于 (yú) with each of its parts in a different colour
于yúto go
  • 二two · èr
  • 亅hook · jué

How to write 勇于

勇 9 strokes · 于 3 strokes

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勇于 (yǒngyú) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 勇于 (yǒngyú). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 勇于

Words with 勇

勇敢yǒnggǎn · brave勇气yǒngqì · courage英勇yīngyǒng · heroic见义勇为jiànyìyǒngwéi · to act bravely for a just cause

Words with 于

终于zhōngyú · at last关于guānyú · about对于duìyú · regarding由于yóuyú · due to于是yúshì · thereupon位于wèiyú · to be located at善于shànyú · to be good at等于děngyú · to equal属于shǔyú · to be classified as在于zàiyú · to lie in

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一如既往yìrújìwǎng · as always一向yíxiàng · always以至yǐzhì · to such an extent that以致yǐzhì · with the result that犹如yóurú · just like愈yù · the more … the more咋zǎ · how照样zhàoyàng · as usual

FAQs

勇于 (yǒngyú) means “to have the courage to” or “to be brave enough to”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yǒngyú: yǒng with a 3rd tone, then yú with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 勇于 is written 勇於. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yongyu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 勇于 from the suggestions. Typing yongyu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
勇于 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.