HSK 6 · Function Words

毅然 yìrán “resolutely” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 毅然 means

  1. resolutely
  2. firmly
  3. without hesitation

How to say 毅然

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale毅yì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale然rán2nd tone, rising

毅然 in a sentence

  1. 他毅然辞去了工作，开始创业。

    Tā yìrán cíqù le gōngzuò, kāishǐ chuàngyè.

    He resolutely quit his job and started his own business.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 她毅然决定去国外留学。

    Tā yìrán juédìng qù guówài liúxué.

    She made up her mind without hesitation to study abroad.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 毅然 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 毅 (yì) with each of its parts in a different colour
毅yìfirm and resolute
  • 豙part of the characterSound part
  • 殳weapon · shūMeaning part
The character 然 (rán) with each of its parts in a different colour
然ráncorrect
  • 肰dog meat · ránSound part
  • 灬fire form of 火 · huǒMeaning part

灬 hints at the meaning (fire); 肰 (rán) hints at the sound. Compare it with rán.

Memory aidFire 灬 under meat 肰. Its first meaning was “to burn”, now written 燃 (rán).

How to write 毅然

毅 15 strokes · 然 12 strokes

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

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

Words related to 毅然

Words with 毅

毅力yìlì · perseverance

Words with 然

虽然suīrán · although当然dāngrán · of course突然tūrán · sudden然后ránhòu · then自然zìrán · nature既然jìrán · since竟然jìngrán · unexpectedly然而rán'ér · however仍然réngrán · still必然bìrán · inevitable

More words: Function Words & Grammar

以便yǐbiàn · so that依旧yījiù · as before以免yǐmiǎn · so as not to迎面yíngmiàn · head-on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

FAQs

毅然 (yìrán) means “resolutely” or “firmly”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yìrán: yì with a 4th tone, then rán with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 毅然 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yiran with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 毅然 from the suggestions. Typing yiran into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
毅然 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.