HSK 5 · Family

英雄 yīngxióng “hero” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 英雄 means

  1. hero

Measure word 个 gè · 一个英雄 yí ge yīngxióng

How to say 英雄

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale英yīng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale雄xióng2nd tone, rising

英雄 in a sentence

  1. 你是我的英雄。

    Nǐ shì wǒ de yīngxióng.

    You’re my hero.

    Sentence #3709591 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 连超级英雄们也该偶尔休息一下。

    Lián chāojí yīngxióngmen yě gāi ǒu'ěr xiūxi yíxià.

    Even superheroes need a break now and then.

    Sentence #408569 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 乱世出英雄。

    Luànshì chū yīngxióng.

    Heroes arise in troubled times.

    Sentence #6316781 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 英雄 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 英 (yīng) with each of its parts in a different colour
英yīnghero
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎoMeaning part
  • 央central · yāngSound part

艹 hints at the meaning (grass); 央 (yāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with yīng.

The character 雄 (xióng) with each of its parts in a different colour
雄xióngmale
  • 厷forearm · gōngSound part
  • 隹short-tailed bird · zhuīMeaning part

隹 hints at the meaning (short-tailed bird); 厷 (gōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with xióng.

How to write 英雄

英 8 strokes · 雄 12 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 英雄

Words with 英

英俊yīngjùn · handsome英明yīngmíng · wise英勇yīngyǒng · heroic

Words with 雄

雄厚xiónghòu · abundant雄伟xióngwěi · majestic雌雄cíxióng · male and female

More words: People, Body & Health

太太tàitai · wife外公wàigōng · grandpa (mother’s father)吻wěn · kiss兄弟xiōngdì · brothers拥抱yōngbào · to embrace长辈zhǎngbèi · elder主人zhǔrén · master病毒bìngdú · virus

FAQs

英雄 (yīngxióng) means “hero”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it yīngxióng: yīng with a 1st tone, then xióng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 英雄 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one hero is 一个英雄 (yí ge yīngxióng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yingxiong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 英雄 from the suggestions. Typing yingxiong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
英雄 is an HSK 5 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.