HSK 6 · Adjectives

英勇 yīngyǒng “heroic” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 英勇 means

  1. heroic
  2. brave
  3. valiant
  4. gallant

How to say 英勇

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale勇yǒng3rd tone, dipping

英勇 in a sentence

  1. 他的英勇行为使他赢得了尊重。

    Tā de yīngyǒng xíngwéi shǐ tā yíngdé le zūnzhòng.

    His brave deed earned him respect.

    Sentence #759039 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 他英勇的行为带给了他光荣。

    Tā yīngyǒng de xíngwéi dài gěi le tā guāngróng.

    His brave actions brought him glory.

    Sentence #333468 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 英勇 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 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.

How to write 英勇

英 8 strokes · 勇 9 strokes

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

Words related to 英勇

Words with 英

英雄yīngxióng · hero英俊yīngjùn · handsome英明yīngmíng · wise

Words with 勇

勇敢yǒnggǎn · brave勇气yǒngqì · courage勇于yǒngyú · to have the courage to见义勇为jiànyìyǒngwéi · to act bravely for a just cause

More words: Adjectives

一流yìliú · first-class一目了然yímùliǎorán · clear at a glance隐蔽yǐnbì · hidden英明yīngmíng · wise隐约yǐnyuē · faint一丝不苟yìsībùgǒu · meticulous永恒yǒnghéng · eternal庸俗yōngsú · vulgar

FAQs

英勇 (yīngyǒng) means “heroic” or “brave”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yīngyǒng: yīng with a 1st tone, then yǒng with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 英勇 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yingyong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 英勇 from the suggestions. Typing yingyong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
英勇 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.