HSK 6 · Adjectives

踊跃 yǒngyuè “eager” in Chinese

Traditional 踴躍

What 踊跃 means

  1. eager
  2. enthusiastic
  3. to leap
  4. to jump
  5. enthusiastically

How to say 踊跃

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale踊yǒng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale跃yuè4th tone, falling

踊跃 in a sentence

  1. 同学们踊跃报名参加比赛。

    Tóngxuémen yǒngyuè bàomíng cānjiā bǐsài.

    The students eagerly signed up for the competition.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 课上大家发言很踊跃。

    Kè shàng dàjiā fāyán hěn yǒngyuè.

    Everyone was very keen to speak up in class.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 踊跃 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 踊 (yǒng) with each of its parts in a different colour
踊yǒngleap
  • 足foot · zúMeaning part
  • 甬path · tǒngSound part

足 hints at the meaning (foot); 甬 (tǒng) hints at the sound. Compare it with yǒng.

The character 跃 (yuè) with each of its parts in a different colour
跃yuèto jump
  • 足foot · zúMeaning part
  • 夭young · yāoSound part

足 hints at the meaning (foot); 夭 (yāo) hints at the sound. Compare it with yuè.

How to write 踊跃

踊 14 strokes · 跃 11 strokes

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

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

Words related to 踊跃

Words with 跃

活跃huóyuè · active跳跃tiàoyuè · to jump飞跃fēiyuè · leap

More words: Adjectives

隐约yǐnyuē · faint一丝不苟yìsībùgǒu · meticulous永恒yǒnghéng · eternal庸俗yōngsú · vulgar有条不紊yǒutiáobùwěn · orderly优异yōuyì · outstanding优越yōuyuè · superior幼稚yòuzhì · childish

FAQs

踊跃 (yǒngyuè) means “eager” or “enthusiastic”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yǒngyuè: yǒng with a 3rd tone, then yuè with a 4th 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, 踊跃 is written 踴躍. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yongyue with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 踊跃 from the suggestions. Typing yongyue into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
踊跃 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.